[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.22"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "13413937"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Nf3 e4 6. Nh4 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. O-O
h6 9. d3 g5 10. dxe4 gxh4 11. exd5 Nbd7 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Qd2 Nxf4 14. Qxf4 Qf6
15. Qa4 O-O 16. Ne4 Qxb2 17. Rac1 b6 18. d6 Rb8 19. Qxa7 Bb7 20. Rb1 Qe5 21.
Nxc5 Nxc5 22. e3 h3 23. Bxb7 Rxb7 24. Qa3 Rd8 25. Rb4 Qd5 26. Rg4+ Kf8 27. e4
Qxd6 28. Qc3 Qd4 29. Qc1 Rd6 30. Rh4 Re7 31. Rxh6 Qxe4 32. Rxh3 Rg6 33. Rd1 Ne6
34. Qd2 Ng5 35. Qd8+ Re8 36. Rh8+ Kg7 37. Qxe8 Nh3+ 38. Kf1 Qh1+ 39. Ke2 Ng1+
40. Rxg1 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C83"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open, classical defence"]
[WhiteFideId "8602883"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15.
Re1 O-O 16. Be3 Qd5 17. b4 Rfd8 18. Bd4 a5 19. bxa5 Rxa5 20. Rxa5 Nxa5 21. Bxd3
Bxd3 22. Qxd3 c5 23. Qxb5 cxd4 24. Qxd5 Rxd5 25. Nxd4 Nc4 26. Nc6 Bf8 27. b3 Rc5
28. bxc4 Rxc6 29. Re4 Bc5 30. g3 Ra6 31. Re2 Kf8 32. Kg2 Ra3 33. Rc2 Ra4 34. Rb2
Rxc4 35. Rb8+ Ke7 36. Rh8 h6 37. Rh7 Rxc3 38. f4 Rc2+ 39. Kf3 Rxh2 40. Rxg7 Kf8
41. Rg4 h5 42. Rh4 Rxh4 43. gxh4 Bb4 44. f5 Be1 45. Kf4 Bxh4 0-1

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.22"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Janowski variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14204118"]
[BlackFideId "2205530"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Bg3 Ne7 8. e3
O-O 9. Bd3 Bf5 10. O-O Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Bxg3 12. hxg3 Nd7 13. b4 b5 14. a4 Nb6 15.
Nd2 Qd6 16. a5 Nc4 17. Rfb1 Qg6 18. Qxg6 hxg6 19. Nb3 Nf5 20. Nc5 Rfe8 21. Ra2
f6 22. Re2 Kf7 23. Rbe1 Ra7 24. g4 Nfd6 25. f3 Nb7 26. Nd3 Raa8 27. Kf2 Rad8 28.
Nb1 g5 29. Nd2 Re7 30. Nb3 Ncd6 31. Rc1 Nc4 32. Nbc5 Ra8 33. Rce1 Ncd6 34. e4
dxe4 35. fxe4 Nxc5 36. bxc5 Nc4 37. d5 Ne5 38. Nb4 Nxg4+ 39. Kg3 Ne5 40. Rd1 Rc7
41. Rc2 Kg6 42. Rf1 Kf7 43. Rf5 Re7 44. d6 Re6 45. Re2 Ke8 46. Rf1 Kd7 47. Rh1
Ree8 48. Rh7 Rg8 49. Rf2 Ke6 50. Rf5 Kd7 51. Rxf6 Rae8 52. Rf5 Ke6 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.22"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Gadimbayli, Abdulla"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor's defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13404938"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. Qe3
Ng4 9. Qd2 Bf6 10. O-O-O Be6 11. Kb1 a5 12. h3 Nge5 13. Ne1 Nd7 14. f4 Nc5 15.
Qe3 a4 16. e5 Be7 17. g4 axb3 18. axb3 Re8 19. Bg2 Nb4 20. f5 Bg5 21. Qd4 Nxc2
22. Nxc2 Bxb3 23. exd6 cxd6 24. Ne4 Ba2+ 0-1

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.22"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Gukesh, D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights, 3...Bg4"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "46616543"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 Bxf3 5. Bxf3 e6 6. O-O Nf6 7. e5 Nfd7 8. d4
c5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bxd5 Nc6 11. Qf3 Qe7 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qxc6 Rb8 14. d5 Rb6
15. Qa8+ Nb8 16. c4 Qd7 17. Bf4 Be7 18. e6 fxe6 19. Bxb8 O-O 20. dxe6 Qe8 21.
Qxa7 Rxb8 22. b3 Bd6 23. Rae1 Ra8 24. Qb7 Qe7 25. Qxe7 Bxe7 26. Re2 Rfb8 27. f4
Kf8 28. g4 Bf6 29. Kg2 Ke7 30. g5 Bd4 31. f5 Rb6 32. Kg3 Rba6 33. a4 Rb6 34. Rf3
Rab8 35. Kg4 Rxb3 36. Rxb3 Rxb3 37. Ra2 g6 38. a5 gxf5+ 39. Kxf5 Rf3+ 40. Kg4
Rf8 41. a6 Kxe6 42. a7 Ra8 43. h4 Kd6 44. Ra6+ Kc7 45. Rh6 Kb7 46. Rxh7+ Kb6 47.
h5 Be5 48. h6 Bc7 49. Rxc7 Kxc7 50. h7 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 Be7 8.
Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Nf3 Nb4 12. O-O O-O 13. Bc4 Rc8 14. Ne5
Rxc4 15. Nxc4 Bb5 16. Ba3 Bxc4 17. Bxb4 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Bxb4 19. Rxb4 Qd6 20. Qa4
Qxh2 21. f3 Qh1+ 22. Kf2 Qh4+ 23. Kf1 Qe7 24. Rc4 b6 25. Qc6 g6 26. d5 exd5 27.
exd5 Rd8 28. Rd4 Qe5 29. Qc4 Kg7 30. Qd3 Rd6 31. a4 h5 32. Qd2 h4 33. f4 Qf6 34.
Kg1 a6 35. Kh2 Qf5 36. Qc3 Kh7 37. Qe1 Rxd5 38. Qxh4+ Kg7 39. Rxd5 Qxd5 40. Qf2
Qd6 41. g3 Qb4 42. Qe3 Qb2+ 43. Kh3 b5 44. Qb6 Qf6 45. Qa5 Qe6+ 46. Kh2 Qa2+ 47.
Kh3 Qxa4 48. Qc3+ Kh7 49. Qf6 Qc4 50. f5 Qf1+ 51. Kh2 Qf2+ 52. Kh1 Qxf5 0-1

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.22"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "2205530"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Qa4 d6 7. e5 dxe5 8.
Nxe5 Bg7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Qb6 12. Qb3 Qc7 13. h3 Rb8 14. Qc4 Be6
15. Qh4 Qa5 16. Rb1 Rb4 17. Qg5 Qc7 18. Bd2 h6 19. Qe3 Rh4 20. Qg3 Qxg3 21. fxg3
Rd4 22. Be3 Rd7 23. Bf2 Rb8 24. b3 Ng4 25. hxg4 Bxc3 26. Be3 Bd4 27. Rbe1 Bxe3+
28. Rxe3 Bxg4 29. Rf4 h5 30. Rc4 Rc7 31. Re5 Be6 32. Ra4 c5 33. Bxg6 Bxb3 34.
axb3 fxg6 35. Re6 Rb6 36. Rxa7 Rxa7 37. Rxb6 Ra1+ 38. Kh2 Rc1 39. c4 Kf7 40. Rc6
Rc3 41. Rxc5 Rxb3 42. g4 hxg4 43. Rg5 Kf6 44. Rxg4 Rc3 45. Re4 e5 46. g4 Ke6 47.
Kg2 Kd6 48. Kf2 Rd3 49. Ke2 Rh3 50. Kd2 Rf3 51. Ke2 Rh3 52. Kf2 g5 53. Ke2 Rc3
54. Kf2 Rd3 55. Ke2 Rg3 56. Kf2 Rh3 57. Ke2 Rc3 58. Kf2 Ra3 59. Ke2 Ra8 60. Re3
Rf8 61. Rd3+ Ke6 62. Ra3 Rf4 63. Ra6+ Kd7 64. Kd3 Rd4+ 65. Kc3 Rxg4 66. Rg6 Rg1
67. Kd3 Ke7 68. Ke4 Kf7 69. Ra6 g4 70. Ra3 Kf6 71. Ra6+ Kg5 72. Ra8 Re1+ 73. Kd5
e4 74. c5 e3 75. Ke4 Kh4 76. Ra3 e2 77. Ke3 g3 78. Kf3 Rf1+ 79. Kxe2 g2 80. Ra4+
Kg5 81. Ra8 g1=Q 0-1

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.22"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Tarrasch defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13413937"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 Ne4 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8. bxc3
Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 h6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. c4 d4 14. O-O-O Bg4
15. Kb1 Qb6 16. exd4 Bxa3 17. c5 Qa5 18. Bxa3 Qxa3 19. Qb2 Qxb2+ 20. Kxb2 Bxf3
21. gxf3 Nxd4 22. Be4 Ne6 23. Rd5 Rac8 24. Rc1 Rc7 25. Bf5 Nf4 26. Rd2 g6 27.
Bb1 Rfc8 28. Ba2 Rxc5 29. Rxc5 Rxc5 30. Rd7 Rf5 31. Bb1 Rf6 32. Ka3 Nh3 33. Rxb7
Rxf3+ 34. Kb4 Rxf2 35. Kc5 Rxh2 36. Rxa7 Ng5 37. Kd6 Kg7 38. Ke5 Rf2 39. Ra3 h5
40. Rg3 h4 41. Rg4 h3 0-1

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.22"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Gukesh, D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "46616543"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 Bg4 4. Be2 e6 5. O-O c5 6. c4 d4 7. Nxd4 Qxd4 8. Bxg4
Qxe5 9. Bf3 Qc7 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Qa4 Nf6 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nb5 Qd7 14. Bf4 e5 15.
Rfe1 Be7 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 O-O 18. Qd1 d3 19. Qb3 a6 20. Nc3 Bd6 21. Ree1
d2 22. Re2 Bf4 23. g3 Bh6 24. Rd1 Rae8 25. Kg2 Rxe2 26. Nxe2 Re8 27. Qc2 g6 28.
c5 Re5 29. b4 Nd5 30. a3 Qe7 31. Rxd2 Bxd2 32. Qxd2 Nf6 33. Nf4 Ne4 34. Qd4 f5
35. Nd5 Qe6 36. Nf4 Qe7 37. h4 Kf7 38. Qd3 Nf6 39. Qc4+ Kg7 40. Qd4 Kf7 41. Qc4+
Kg7 42. Qd4 Re1 43. Nd5 Qe5 44. Qxe5 Rxe5 45. Nxf6 Kxf6 46. Bxb7 Ke7 47. Bxa6
Kd7 48. Bc4 Kc7 49. Bg8 h6 50. Bf7 g5 51. hxg5 hxg5 52. Bg6 Kc6 53. f4 gxf4 54.
gxf4 Re3 55. Bxf5 Rxa3 56. Be4+ Kb5 57. c6 Kxb4 58. f5 Ra7 59. f6 Kc5 60. Bg6
Kxc6 61. f7 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.22"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Gadimbayli, Abdulla"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "B45"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13404938"]
[BlackFideId "8602883"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. c4 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Be3 Qd8 14. Nd6+ Bxd6
15. Qxd6 Bb7 16. Rd1 Rc8 17. g4 c5 18. Rg1 Qc7 19. g5 Ne4 20. Qe5 Kf7 21. Qxc7
Rxc7 22. Bg2 h6 23. Rdf1 Nd6 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. b3 Rc7 26. Rg2 Nf5 27. Bd2 a5 28.
g6+ Ke7 29. Bxa5 Ra7 30. b4 Nd4+ 31. Ke3 Nc6 32. Bb6 Ra3+ 33. Kf2 Rxa2+ 34. Kf3
Nd4+ 35. Kg3 Nf5+ 36. Kh3 Rxg2 0-1

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Gadimbayli, Abdulla"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "13404938"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. Ne5 Qc8 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. Qa4 a6 12. d3 Be7 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Rac1 h6
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne4 Bxb2 17. Nxc5 Qe7 18. Rc2 b5 19. Qe4 Nd4 20. Rxb2 Qxc5 21.
e3 Nf5 22. d4 Qa3 23. Qb1 Nd6 24. Rd1 Rc7 25. Rc2 Rxc2 26. Qxc2 Rc8 27. Qe2 Rc1
28. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 29. Bf1 Nc4 30. a4 Nd6 31. axb5 axb5 32. Qa2 Qc6 33. Qa3 Qb6 34.
Qc5 Qb8 35. Qb4 g6 36. h4 h5 37. Bd3 Qb6 38. e4 Qc6 39. Qc5 Qd7 40. d5 e5 41.
Qc6 Qxc6 42. dxc6 Kf8 43. c7 Ke7 44. Bxb5 Nc8 45. Bc4 Nd6 46. Kg2 Kd7 47. Bd5
Kxc7 48. f4 exf4 49. e5 Nf5 50. gxf4 Nh6 51. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.22"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Gukesh, D"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "46616543"]
[BlackFideId "2205530"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. e4 c5 7. Nh4 Nc6 8. f4 Be7
9. Kh1 a5 10. Nf3 b4 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Qe2 d5 14. e5 Nd7 15. c4 bxc3
16. bxc3 a4 17. a3 Rab8 18. c4 d4 19. Bg1 Na5 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Rb2 22. f5
Qc6 23. Qf4 exf5 24. Qxf5 g6 25. Qf4 f5 26. Rf2 Rxf2 27. Bxf2 Qc8 28. Re1 Re8
29. e6 Nf8 30. Ne5 Nxe6 31. Bd5 Kg7 32. Qf3 Ng5 33. Qd1 Nh3 34. Bg1 Bf6 35. Qxa4
Rxe5 36. Rxe5 Bxe5 37. Qxa5 Bd6 38. Qa7+ Kh6 39. a4 Qe8 40. Bg2 Nxg1 41. Kxg1
Qe3+ 42. Kf1 Qxd3+ 43. Ke1 Qe3+ 44. Kf1 d3 45. Qd7 Qe2+ 46. Kg1 d2 0-1

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.22"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, kingside fianchetto"]
[WhiteFideId "14204118"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8. d3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 h6 10. Nd2 Re8 11. Rb1 Bb6 12. a4 Be6 13. Ba3 Qd7 14. Nb3 Bh3 15.
Bxh3 Qxh3 16. e4 Rad8 17. Qf3 Re6 18. Rbd1 Rf6 19. Qe2 a5 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. Bxc5
b6 22. Be3 Rfd6 23. f4 Qd7 24. f5 Rxd3 25. Rc1 f6 26. Rfe1 Qf7 27. Qg4 Kh8 28.
Qh4 Kh7 29. Rc2 Qb3 30. Rce2 Rxc3 31. Bxh6 gxh6 32. Qxf6 Rd6 33. Qf8 Qg8 34.
Qxg8+ Kxg8 35. Kg2 Kf7 36. g4 Nd4 37. Rf2 Nc2 38. Rg1 Ne3+ 39. Kh1 Rd1 40. Rxd1
Nxd1 41. Rd2 Rd3 42. Rc2 c5 43. Kg1 Nc3 44. h4 Nxe4 45. Rb2 Rg3+ 0-1

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.22"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "8602883"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. d4 d5 8. e5 Ne4
9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Be3 Rb8 11. Qc1 cxd4 12. cxd4 f6 13. Nc3 Bf5 14. exf6 exf6 15.
Nd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Qa5 17. b3 Rfe8 18. Bf4 Rbc8 19. h4 Bf8 20. Na4 Bb4 21. Rxe8+
Rxe8 22. Qb2 Bd3 23. a3 Bf8 24. Be3 h5 25. Rd1 Bf5 26. Qc1 Qb5 27. Qb2 Rb8 28.
Nc5 Bxc5 29. dxc5 Qxb3 30. Qa1 Kf7 31. Bd4 Qxd1+ 32. Qxd1 Rb1 33. Qxb1 Bxb1 34.
f3 g5 35. g3 Bc2 36. Kf2 Bd1 37. Ke3 gxh4 38. gxh4 Ke6 39. Kf4 a6 40. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.22"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights, 3...Bg4"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "13413937"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. e5 Nfd7 7. d4 Bxf3 8. Bxf3
c5 9. Nxd5 Nc6 10. Ne3 Nxd4 11. Bxb7 Rb8 12. c3 Rxb7 13. cxd4 cxd4 14. Nc4 Nb6
15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Qf3 Rc7 17. Rd1 Bc5 18. Qg3 O-O 19. Bh6 f5 20. exf6 Bd6 21.
fxg7 Re8 22. Qh3 Rf7 23. Rac1 Qf6 24. Rc2 Bc5 25. Rd3 e5 26. Rf3 Qe6 27. Rxf7
Qxf7 28. b4 Bxb4 29. Rc8 Bc5 30. Qf5 Rxc8 31. Qxc8+ 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.22"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Black "Gukesh, D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line"]
[WhiteFideId "13413937"]
[BlackFideId "46616543"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c6 8. Nge2
Nbd7 9. O-O Re8 10. a4 Nh5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. a5 a6 13. Qc2 Ndf6 14. Na4 g6 15.
Qc5 Qd8 16. Qb4 Ng7 17. Qb6 Qd6 18. Qc5 Qd8 19. Qb6 Qd7 20. Nc5 Qe7 21. Rae1 Nd7
22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. Nc3 Qe7 24. e4 dxe4 25. Rxe4 Be6 26. d5 cxd5 27. Nxd5 Qg5 28.
Ne3 Rad8 29. Be2 Nf5 30. Nxf5 Bxf5 31. Rxe8+ Rxe8 32. Bf3 Bd3 33. Ra1 Re7 34.
Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.22"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8602883"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Ngf3 Qxc5 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
O-O Qc7 9. Qe2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Ne4 b6 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Be3 Bb7 14. Bd4 Rfd8
15. Rfe1 Rd5 16. Ne5 Bd6 17. h3 Rd8 18. f4 Bc5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 20. Kh2 Qc7 21.
Rad1 g6 22. Qf2 Nh5 23. g3 f6 0-1

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.22"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Gadimbayli, Abdulla"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "C46"]
[Opening "Three knights game"]
[WhiteFideId "13404938"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. Be3 a5 11. Rb1 Re8 12. f4 Bf6 13. Qf3 Ba6 14. Rfd1 Qe7 15.
Bf2 Bxc3 16. bxc3 c5 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Rb7 Nf8 19. Re1 Ng6 20. h4 Nxh4 21. Qd3
Raa8 22. e5 Ng6 23. Qe4 dxe5 24. fxe5 Nf8 25. Qc6 Ne6 26. Rbb1 h6 27. Red1 Red8
28. Rd3 Nf4 29. Re3 Rab8 30. Rf1 Qg5 31. Ree1 Nh3+ 32. Kh2 Nxf2 33. Rxf2 Rd2 34.
Qf3 Qh4+ 35. Kg1 Rxf2 36. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Rb2 38. Rc1 Rxa2 39. Ke3 Kf8 40.
Ke4 c6 41. Kd3 Ra4 42. Rb1 Ke7 43. Rb6 Rg4 44. Rxc6 c4+ 45. Ke3 h5 46. Kf3 g5
47. Rc5 Rf4+ 48. Ke3 h4 49. Rxa5 Ke6 50. Rb5 Rg4 51. Kf2 Rg3 52. Rb6+ Kxe5 53.
Rb5+ Kf4 54. Rb6 f5 55. Rd6 Rxc3 56. Rd4+ Ke5 57. Rd2 g4 58. Re2+ Kf4 59. Rd2
g3+ 60. Ke2 Re3+ 61. Kf1 Kg4 0-1

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.22"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Paulsen attack"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "2205530"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 f6 6. Bd3 fxe5 7. Nxe5 Nxe5 8. dxe5
Qc7 9. Qe2 Ne7 10. Nd2 Nc6 11. Nf3 Be7 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. Bg3 O-O-O 14. h4 g6 15.
O-O Rhg8 16. c4 Nb4 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Rac1 Kb8 19. Nd2 g5 20. hxg5 Bxg5 21. Ne4
Bxc1 22. Rxc1 b6 23. a3 Bc6 24. b4 Qg7 25. Qe1 Nxb4 26. axb4 Rxd3 27. bxc5 b5
28. Nf6 Rxg3 29. fxg3 Qxg3 30. Qd2 Qxg2+ 31. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 32. Kf1 b4 33. Rd1 b3
34. Rb1 b2 35. Nh5 Rc2 0-1

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.22"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A70"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Variation "classical with e4 and Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. h3 O-O
9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bf4 c4 12. Bc2 Nc5 13. Re1 b5 14. a3 Qb6 15. e5 dxe5
16. Bxe5 Bf5 17. Bxf5 gxf5 18. Bd4 Rxe1+ 19. Nxe1 Nfe4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qd4+
Qf6 22. Nxb5 Rb8 23. Qxc4 a6 24. Nd4 Rxb2 25. f3 Rd2 26. fxe4 Qxd4+ 27. Qxd4+
Rxd4 28. Nf3 Rd3 29. exf5 Rxd5 30. g4 Rd3 31. Kg2 Rc3 32. a4 a5 33. g5 Nd3 34.
h4 Nf4+ 35. Kg3 Ne2+ 36. Kf2 Nf4 37. Rd1 Rc2+ 38. Ke3 Ng2+ 39. Ke4 Re2+ 40. Kd4
Ra2 41. f6+ Kg6 42. Ne5+ Kf5 43. Nxf7 Rxa4+ 44. Kc5 Nxh4 45. Rf1+ Ke6 46. Nh8
Nf5 47. Rxf5 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.22"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Gadimbayli, Abdulla"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "13404938"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Nf6 7. Qe2+ Qe7 8.
Qxe7+ Bxe7 9. Nc3 c6 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Bd6 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Bb3 h6 14. Bh4 Re8
15. Rxe8+ Nxe8 16. Re1 Kf8 17. a3 f6 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Bg3 g5 20. Nc3 Nb6 21. d5
Bd7 22. Nd4 Bc5 23. dxc6 Bxd4 24. cxb7 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.22"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense)"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 e5 5. Nf3 d6 6. b4 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. Rb1 e4
9. Ng5 Bf5 10. d3 exd3 11. e4 Bd7 12. Qxd3 Nc6 13. f4 h6 14. Nf3 Nxe4 15. Nxe4
Rxe4 16. b5 Nd4 17. Qxe4 Bf5 18. Qxb7 Rb8 19. Qxa7 Ra8 20. Qb7 Rb8 21. Qd5 c6
22. Nxd4 cxd5 23. Nxf5 gxf5 24. Bxd5 Bd4+ 25. Kh1 Qe7 26. Bb2 Bc5 27. Rfe1 Qa7
28. a3 Kf8 29. Re2 Re8 30. Bg7+ Kxg7 31. Rxe8 Qxa3 32. Rbe1 Bf2 33. R1e7 Qc1+
34. Kg2 Qg1+ 35. Kf3 Bd4 36. Rxf7+ Kg6 37. Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.22"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14204118"]
[BlackFideId "8602883"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. O-O
Bf5 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 e6 11. Nc3 Be7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Rd1 Na5 14. Bc2 Bxc2 15.
Qxc2 Rac8 16. Qd3 Qd8 17. Ne5 Nc6 18. Qg3 Bf6 19. Ng4 Bh4 20. Qf4 Be7 21. Be3
Nd5 22. Qf3 Nxc3 23. bxc3 f5 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. dxe5 Qc7 26. Rd3 Rfd8 27. Rad1
Rxd3 28. Rxd3 b6 29. Bd4 Rd8 30. h3 Qc4 31. Rd2 Qd5 32. Qe2 g6 33. Qa6 Qd7 34.
Be3 Qc7 35. Rxd8+ Bxd8 36. Bd4 Kf7 37. Kf1 Qd7 38. Ke2 Be7 39. a4 Qd5 40. Qxa7
Qxg2 41. Bxb6 Qe4+ 42. Kd2 Qxe5 43. a5 Qd5+ 44. Kc1 e5 45. a6 Qc4 46. Ba5 Qf1+
47. Kd2 Kf8 48. Qb8+ Kf7 49. Qa7 Kf8 50. Bb4 Bxb4 51. cxb4 e4 52. Qc5+ Kf7 53.
Qd5+ Kf6 54. Qd4+ Kg5 55. a7 Qa6 56. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.22"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[ECO "C46"]
[Opening "Four knights game"]
[WhiteFideId "2205530"]
[BlackFideId "13413937"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 a5 7. O-O a4 8. h3 O-O
9. Kh2 h6 10. Ng1 a3 11. b3 Bd4 12. Nge2 Bb6 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Be6 15. d4 d5
16. e5 Nh7 17. Na4 Ba7 18. c3 f6 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. b4 Ne4 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. dxc5
Qd7 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Qxd7 Bxd7 25. Bxc7 Na7 26. Nd4 Nb5 27. Nxb5 Bxb5 28. Rxf8+
Rxf8 29. Bf4 g5 30. Be3 Rf3 31. Re1 Bc4 32. Bd4 Bxa2 33. Ra1 Bc4 34. Rxa3 e3 35.
Ra8+ Kf7 36. Ra1 e2 37. Ra7 0-1

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.22"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Gukesh, D"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "46616543"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Nb6 7. Bb5 Bd6 8.
Re1 Qe7 9. Nxe5 Bxe5 10. d4 Bxh2+ 11. Kxh2 Be6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. b3 O-O-O 14.
Kg1 Qh4 15. c4 Qxd4 16. Qxd4 Rxd4 17. Bb2 Rd3 18. Bxg7 Rg8 19. Bh6 Rgd8 20. Na3
a5 21. Nc2 Kb7 22. Ne3 a4 23. Red1 axb3 24. axb3 R8d7 25. Rxd3 Rxd3 26. Rb1 Nd7
27. Nf1 Bf5 28. b4 Rd6 0-1

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.22"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Gadimbayli, Abdulla"]
[Black "Gukesh, D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "13404938"]
[BlackFideId "46616543"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. Be3
e5 9. Qd2 h6 10. O-O b6 11. Nh2 Nf8 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ne6 14. Be3 Nd4 15.
Rae1 Be6 16. Bf4 Qd7 17. e5 O-O-O 18. Ne4 Nf5 19. Nf3 Kb8 20. b4 cxb4 21. Qxb4
Ka8 22. a4 Bf8 23. Qd2 c5 24. a5 b5 25. Kh1 Qc6 26. Qf2 Be7 27. a6 c4 28. d4 Bd5
29. Nd6 Bxd6 30. exd6 f6 31. Nh2 h5 32. c3 Rhe8 33. Kg1 Qxa6 34. Ra1 Qc6 35.
Rfe1 Nxd6 36. Rxe8 Rxe8 37. Qa2 Nc8 38. Nf1 g5 39. Bh2 Kb7 40. Qf2 Qe6 41. Qa2
Qe2 42. Qa6+ Ka8 43. Ra2 Qe4 44. Qxb5 Bb7 45. Rb2 h4 46. d5 Nb6 47. d6 Qc6 48.
Qa5 Re1 49. Ra2 a6 50. Rb2 Ka7 51. Ra2 Rd1 52. Qb4 Qd5 53. Rb2 Qc6 54. Qa5 g4
55. hxg4 h3 56. gxh3 Qh1+ 57. Kf2 Qxf1+ 58. Kg3 Qf3+ 59. Kh4 Qc6 60. Qf5 Rd5 61.
Qe6 Rb5 62. Rd2 Nd7 63. Bg1+ Ka8 64. Qe8+ Bc8 65. Re2 Kb7 66. Bh2 a5 67. Qd8 a4
68. Ra2 Rb3 69. Rxa4 Rxc3 70. Rb4+ Ka6 71. Rb1 Rb3 72. Ra1+ Kb7 73. Qa5 Qc5 74.
Qa6+ 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.22"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Janowski variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "2205530"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Bg3 Ne7 8. e3
O-O 9. Bd3 Bf5 10. Bxf5 Nxf5 11. Qd3 Qd7 12. O-O-O a5 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Na6
15. a3 Rad8 16. Kb1 Rfe8 17. Rhe1 h6 18. Qc2 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Nc7 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21.
dxe5 Nd5 22. f4 Qg4 23. Rd3 Re7 24. Qc5 Red7 25. Qxa5 Qg6 26. Ka1 Kh7 27. Qd2 b5
28. Nd6 b4 29. f5 Qh5 30. a4 Rxd6 31. exd6 Qxf5 32. Rd4 Qf6 33. Qd3+ Kh8 34.
Rde4 g6 35. Re8+ Kh7 36. Rxd8 Qxd8 37. Qd4 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.22"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Bd2 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Ne4 9. Qc2 b6 10. e3 Bb7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 Re8 13. O-O a5 14. b4 Qd6
15. b5 Ne7 16. a4 Nf5 17. Bb2 Rac8 18. Ba3 Qh6 19. Ne5 Nh4 20. Rae1 f6 21. Ng4
Qg5 22. f3 h5 23. fxe4 hxg4 24. exd5 Bxd5 25. e4 Bf7 26. Bc1 Qh5 27. d5 Ng6 28.
Rf5 Qxf5 29. exf5 Rxe1+ 30. Kf2 Rxc1 31. Qxc1 Ne5 32. Be4 Kf8 33. d6 Bc4 34. Qd2
Rd8 35. dxc7 Rxd2+ 36. Ke3 Re2+ 37. Kd4 Ke7 38. c8=Q Rd2+ 39. Ke3 Rd6 40. Qc7+
Nd7 41. Bc6 Bb3 42. Bxd7 Rxd7 43. Qxb6 Bxa4 44. Qxa5 Bc2 45. b6 Ke8 46. b7 Re7+
47. Kd2 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.22"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "13413937"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. h3 a5 8. O-O h6
9. Re1 Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Nf1 a4 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Qa7 14. Qc2 Ne7 15. d4
c6 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Bc4 Ng6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Rad1 Qc5 20. b4 axb3 21. Qxb3 Kh7
22. Qxe6 Qxc3 23. Rb1 Rae8 24. Qc4 Qxc4 25. Nxc4 Re7 26. a4 Ra8 27. a5 Ra7 28.
Nfd2 Nd7 29. Nb3 Nf4 30. Rbd1 Ne6 31. Nd6 Ra8 32. Nxb7 c5 33. Nd6 Nd4 34. Rb1
Nxb3 35. Rxb3 Nf6 36. Ra1 Re6 37. Nf5 Nxe4 38. Rb7 Rf6 39. Nxg7 Kg6 40. g4 Rxf2
41. Nh5 Kg5 42. Re1 Rxa5 43. Rxe4 Rd2 44. Rb1 Raa2 45. Rxe5+ Kh4 46. Nf4 Kg3 47.
Rf5 c4 48. Rc1 Kh4 49. Kh1 c3 50. Rc5 Kg3 51. Nh5+ Kh4 52. Nf4 Kg3 53. Rc4 Rf2
54. Nh5+ Kh4 55. R4xc3 Rh2+ 56. Kg1 Rag2+ 57. Kf1 Rf2+ 58. Ke1 Re2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.22"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B72"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, 6.Be3"]
[WhiteFideId "8602883"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. f3 h5 8. Bc4
Bd7 9. Bb3 Bg7 10. Qd2 Na5 11. O-O Rc8 12. Rfe1 O-O 13. Rad1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4
15. Nb3 a5 16. Qf2 a4 17. Nd2 Rc6 18. a3 Qa5 19. Ndb1 Rfc8 20. Re2 Be6 21. Bd4
Rc4 22. Red2 b5 23. Ne2 Rxc2 24. Bc3 Rxd2 25. Nxd2 Qa6 26. Nf4 Bd7 27. Nf1 e5
28. Nd3 Be6 29. Nb4 Qb7 30. Ne3 Bf8 31. Ned5 Nxd5 32. Nxd5 Bxd5 33. Rxd5 Rc5 34.
Rxc5 dxc5 35. Bxe5 Qd7 36. h3 Qd1+ 37. Kh2 b4 38. axb4 cxb4 39. Qb6 a3 40. Qf6 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.22"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Qe2+ Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 Nc6 9. c3 Bg4 10. Bg5 Re8 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qf1 Qd6 14. h3 Bxf3
15. Nxf3 a6 16. g3 g6 17. Bc2 Kg7 18. Kg2 h5 19. h4 Qd7 20. Ba4 b5 21. Bb3 Na5
22. Qd3 Nc4 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. Qd2 Qd5 25. Qf4 c6 26. Re3 Rxe3 27. Qxe3 Ra7 28.
Re1 Re7 29. Qd2 Re4 30. Re3 a5 31. Qc2 Re6 32. Qe2 Rxe3 33. fxe3 Qe4 34. Kf2 Be7
35. a3 Bd6 36. Kg2 f6 37. Qf2 g5 38. hxg5 fxg5 39. Kg1 Kg6 40. Nd2 Qg4 41. Nf1
h4 42. Qg2 Kh5 43. gxh4 gxh4 44. e4 Bf4 45. e5 Qxg2+ 46. Kxg2 Kg6 47. a4 bxa4
48. Kh3 Bc1 49. Kxh4 Bxb2 50. e6 a3 51. d5 cxd5 52. Ne3 a2 53. Nxd5 a1=Q 54.
Nf4+ Kf6 55. Kg4 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.22"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Nimzovich variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13413937"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 Bb4 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8.
Qf3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ba5 10. Bf4 O-O 11. O-O-O Rb8 12. Bd3 Qe7 13. Kb2 b5 14. cxb5
a6 15. Qe4 g6 16. h4 axb5 17. h5 Bb7 18. Qe3 Ra8 19. Bg5 Qe6 20. Bb1 b4 21. c4
Qxc4 22. Rc1 Qe6 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Rxh7 Kxh7 25. Rh1+ Kg8 26. Rh6 Bb6 27. Qg3
Rxf2+ 28. Kc1 Qc4+ 0-1

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.22"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14204118"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Bb4 8. Bd2
O-O 9. O-O Ba5 10. Rab1 Nbd7 11. b4 Bc7 12. b5 Ba5 13. Rfc1 Re8 14. bxc6 bxc6
15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nb5 Rf8 17. Qa3 Bxd2 18. Nxd2 Nb6 19. Qa6 Nfd7 20. a4 Rb8 21.
Nxa7 Ra8 22. a5 Nc4 23. Nxc4 dxc4 24. Qb7 Nf6 25. Nc6 Qd6 26. Rxc4 Ng4 27. g3
Kh8 28. a6 Qd5 29. Rc2 Qh5 30. h4 Qf5 31. Rbc1 g5 32. hxg5 Qxg5 33. Ne5 Nxe5 34.
dxe5 Kg7 35. Rc7 h5 36. R1c4 Rab8 37. Rxf7+ Rxf7 38. Qxb8 Qf5 39. Rf4 Qb1+ 40.
Qxb1 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.22"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Gadimbayli, Abdulla"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Burn variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2205530"]
[BlackFideId "13404938"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nc3 a6 8.
g3 Nc6 9. Nf3 Qd6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. Qd2 f5 12. O-O-O Bf6 13. Ne2 Bd7 14. Nf4 Ne7
15. Nh5 Bh8 16. Qh6 f6 17. Rhe1 Ng6 18. Nh4 Be8 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Nf4 Bg7 21.
Qh3 Bf7 22. d5 e5 23. Ne6 Rfe8 24. g4 fxg4 25. Qxg4 Rad8 26. Be4 Bxe6 27. dxe6
Bh6+ 28. Kb1 Qe7 29. Qxg6+ Qg7 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. e7 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.22"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Gukesh, D"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "D42"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3"]
[WhiteFideId "46616543"]
[BlackFideId "8602883"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 b6 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. b3 Nb4 13. Rd1 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Be6
15. Bb2 Qb6 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. h3 Rfd8 18. Qe2 a5 19. Ne5 Bf6 20. Nd3 Bxb2 21.
Nxb2 c4 22. bxc4 dxc4 23. Na4 Qb4 24. Nc3 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 h6 26. Qd4 Qb2 27. Rb1
Qc2 28. Rb5 a4 29. g4 a3 30. Kg2 Qd3 31. Qe5 Kh7 32. Ra5 Rd8 33. Rxa3 Bd5+ 34.
Kg3 Qf1 35. Nxd5 Qg1+ 36. Kf3 Qh1+ 37. Kf4 g5+ 38. Kg3 Rxd5 39. Qf6 Qg1+ 40. Kf3
Qh1+ 41. Kg3 Qg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.22"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Gadimbayli, Abdulla"]
[Black "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13404938"]
[BlackFideId "13413937"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Ngf3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qh5 8.
Qe2 Bd7 9. Nf1 Bb6 10. Ng3 Qc5 11. Be3 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc5 13. Bc3 Ba5 14. Bxa5
Qxa5+ 15. c3 Nc6 16. O-O O-O 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. a3 h6 19. h3 Bc8 20. Ba2 b6 21.
Ne4 Nd5 22. c4 Nf4 23. Qe3 Ng6 24. Bb1 Nce7 25. b4 Qa4 26. Nd6 Qc6 27. c5 bxc5
28. bxc5 Ba6 29. Rfe1 Nd5 30. Qc1 Nge7 31. Qc2 Nf6 32. Ne5 Qc7 33. Ng4 g6 34.
Nxf6+ Kg7 35. Qc3 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.22"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.
Nbxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Qb3 Na5 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Qb3 Na5 13. Qa4+ Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.22"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "14204118"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nbd7 5. Qc2 Qc7 6. O-O g6 7. c4 Ne5 8. Nc3
Nxf3+ 9. Bxf3 Bg7 10. d3 O-O 11. a3 Nd7 12. b4 Ne5 13. Bd1 Nc6 14. Bb2 Nd4 15.
Qd2 Bd7 16. Kh1 b5 17. cxb5 cxb4 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Qxb4 a5 20. bxa6 Rb8 21. Qc3
Ne6 22. d4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Nxd4 24. Bxd4 Bb5 25. a7 Ra8 26. Re1 Bc6 27. Bb3 Qd7
28. Rec1 Bxd5 29. Bxd5 Rxa7 30. Bc6 Qc7 31. Bxa7 Qxa7 32. a4 Rc8 33. Rc2 Qd4 34.
Rac1 Qb4 35. f3 Kg7 36. h3 h5 37. Rc4 Qa5 38. Kg1 h4 39. Kf1 g5 40. Ke2 Qe5 41.
R1c2 Rb8 42. Bb5 d5 43. Rc5 e6 44. Kf1 Qd4 45. exd5 exd5 46. R5c3 Qd1+ 47. Kf2
d4 48. Rc5 d3 49. Rxg5+ Kf6 50. Rcc5 Qe2+ 51. Kg1 Qe3+ 52. Kf1 Qe2+ 53. Kg1 Rxb5
54. Rxb5 d2 55. Rgd5 d1=R+ 56. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 57. Kh2 Qxa4 58. Rd5 Ke6 59. Rh5 f5
60. Rh7 Kf6 61. Rb7 Kg5 62. Rb1 Kf4 63. Rc1 Ke3 64. Rb1 Qc4 65. Ra1 Kf2 66. Rb1
Qc7+ 67. Kh1 Kg3 0-1

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.22"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Rubinstein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8602883"]
[BlackFideId "2205530"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6 8.
Bg5 c5 9. O-O Be7 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Qe2 f5 13. Bc2 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bf6
15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Rd3 Kh8 17. Rfd1 Rg8 18. Rg3 Bd7 19. Qh5 Bc6 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21.
Rgd3 Rad8 22. g3 Kg7 23. Kf1 Rxd3 24. Rxd3 Rd8 25. g4 Rxd3 26. Bxd3 Qd6 27. Qh3
fxg4 28. Qxg4+ Kf8 29. Qh3 h5 30. Qf3 Ke7 31. h3 h4 32. Ke2 a5 33. Qe4 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.22"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Gukesh, D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "46616543"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Bd2 O-O 7. a3 Bd6 8. e3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Be2 c6 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Nd4 Rd8 14. Rd1 g6 15.
O-O c5 16. Nf3 Bf5 17. e4 Bg4 18. Bg5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 Qe5 21. Rxd6
Qxg5+ 22. Bg2 Rxd6 23. f4 Qh6 24. e5 Ng4 25. h3 Nxe5 26. fxe5 Qe3+ 27. Qf2 Qxf2+
28. Rxf2 Rd7 29. Ne4 Kg7 30. Nxc5 Re7 31. e6 Rc8 32. exf7 b6 33. Ne4 Rc1+ 34.
Kh2 Rxf7 35. Rd2 Re7 36. Nc3 h5 37. Ne2 Rc5 38. Nf4 Rf5 39. Nd5 Rd7 40. Rc2
Rdxd5 41. Bxd5 Rxd5 42. Rc7+ Kf6 43. Rxa7 Rd2+ 44. Kg3 Rxb2 45. Rd7 Rb3+ 46. Kg2
Ke5 47. Rg7 Kf5 48. Rb7 b5 49. Ra7 Kf4 50. Rf7+ Kg5 51. Ra7 Kh4 52. a4 Rb2+ 53.
Kg1 bxa4 54. Rxa4+ Kxh3 55. Ra5 Kh4 0-1

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.22"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line, 5...c6"]
[WhiteFideId "13413937"]
[BlackFideId "8602883"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. Nge2 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. h3 Nf6 12. Qc2 a5 13. O-O Re8 14. Rae1 Na6 15.
Qd2 Nc7 16. Na4 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nb6 Ra6 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. Nc3 Re8 21. Qe2
Qg5 22. f4 exf3 23. Qxf3 Qg6 24. e4 Raa8 25. d5 cxd5 26. exd5 Rad8 27. Rxe8+
Nxe8 28. Qe3 Nd6 29. Qb6 Re8 30. Qxa5 Re3 31. Qd8+ Kh7 32. Qh4 Rd3 33. Rf2 Re3
34. Kh2 Re8 35. Qf4 f5 36. a4 Qf6 37. a5 g5 38. Qf3 Qe5+ 39. Qg3 Qf6 40. Qd3 Kg7
41. Re2 Re5 42. Rxe5 Qxe5+ 43. Kg1 Qe1+ 44. Qf1 Qd2 45. Qe2 Qxe2 46. Nxe2 Kf6
47. Nc3 Ke5 48. b4 Kd4 49. b5 Kc5 50. a6 bxa6 51. bxa6 Kb6 52. Kf2 Kxa6 53. Ke3
Kb6 54. Kd4 f4 55. Ke5 Nc4+ 56. Kd4 Ne3 57. g4 Kc7 58. Ne4 Nc2+ 59. Ke5 f3 60.
Nf2 Ne3 61. Ke4 Ng2 62. Kxf3 Nf4 63. Ke4 Kd6 64. Kf5 Kxd5 65. h4 Kd4 66. hxg5
hxg5 67. Kxg5 Ke5 68. Kh6 Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.22"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky attack, Bronstein gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
cxd4 d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Ne1 h6 11. Be3 e6 12. f3 Ng5 13. Nd3 Be7 14. Nc3 O-O 15.
Qe2 f6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Nc5 Qe7 18. Rad1 Nf7 19. Bf2 Rfe8 20. Rfe1 Nxd4 21.
Rxd4 Qxc5 22. Rxd5 Qc6 23. Rd3 Rad8 24. Ne4 Be7 25. Rc3 Qa4 26. b3 Qa5 27. Rec1
Ba3 28. R1c2 Rd7 29. h4 Red8 30. Rc8 Rxc8 31. Rxc8+ Kh7 32. Nc5 Bxc5 33. Qe4+ g6
34. Bxc5 Qxa2 35. Bd4 Rxd4 36. Qxd4 Qxb3 37. Rc7 e5 38. Qxe5 h5 39. Qf6 Kg8 40.
Qxg6+ Kf8 41. Rc8+ Ke7 42. Qe4+ Kf6 43. Qd4+ Ke7 44. Rc7+ Kf8 45. Kh2 a5 46. Qf6
Kg8 47. Rc8+ Kh7 48. Rf8 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.22"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Gukesh, D"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "46616543"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Bd7 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. e3 h5 13. h3 Nxg3 14. fxg3 Qe7
15. Kd2 Qd6 16. Qb3 O-O-O 17. Nxg5 Qxg3 18. Nf3 Qf2+ 19. Be2 Rhe8 20. Rae1 Na5
21. Qb4 Nc4+ 22. Kc1 Qxe3+ 23. Kb1 a5 24. Qc5 Qxc3 25. Bxc4 dxc4 26. Rc1 Qb3+
27. Ka1 b6 28. Qxc4 Qxa3+ 0-1

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.22"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Burn variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2205530"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
Qd3 c5 9. O-O-O cxd4 10. Nxf6+ Nxf6 11. Qxd4 Qxd4 12. Rxd4 Ke7 13. g3 b6 14. Be2
Bb7 15. Rhd1 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Rac8 17. c3 g5 18. h4 h6 19. Kc2 Rc5 20. Bb7 Rb8 21.
Bg2 g4 22. Rf4 h5 23. a4 Rbc8 24. Rd2 R8c7 25. Rd3 Nd7 26. Rd1 f5 27. Rfd4 Nf6
28. Re1 e5 29. Rd3 e4 30. Rd4 Nd7 31. Red1 Ne5 32. Bf1 Rd7 33. Bb5 Rxd4 34. Rxd4
a5 35. Kb3 Rc7 36. Kc2 Nf7 37. Rd5 Ke6 38. Rd4 Nd6 39. Ba6 Ke5 40. Be2 Rf7 41.
Kd2 f4 42. gxf4+ Rxf4 43. Ke1 Rf6 44. Rd2 Nf5 45. Rd8 Nxh4 46. Rh8 Ng2+ 47. Kf1
Nf4 48. Bb5 Rd6 49. Ke1 h4 50. b4 h3 51. bxa5 bxa5 52. c4 Rf6 53. c5 Nd3+ 54.
Ke2 Rxf2+ 55. Ke3 Rf3+ 56. Kd2 Nxc5 57. Be2 Nb3+ 58. Ke1 Rc3 59. Bxg4 Kf4 60.
Bxh3 Ke3 61. Kf1 Nd2+ 62. Kg2 Rc2 63. Kg3 Ra2 64. Bd7 Nf1+ 65. Kg4 Rd2 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.22"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Gadimbayli, Abdulla"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "D09"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Albin counter-gambit, 5.g3"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "13404938"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. g3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Nbd2 Qd7 8. Bg2
Ng6 9. Nb3 h6 10. Bd2 Bxc4 11. Rc1 Bd5 12. O-O Be7 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. Rxc5 O-O 15.
Qa4 Rad8 16. Rfc1 Rfe8 17. Qb5 Bxf3 18. exf3 Ncxe5 19. Qxb7 Nd3 20. Rxc7 Qf5 21.
Rf1 Re2 22. Bc1 Rde8 23. h4 Re1 24. Bd2 R1e2 25. Bc1 Re1 26. Qc6 Rxf1+ 27. Bxf1
Re1 28. Bd2 Ra1 29. Qe4 Qxe4 30. fxe4 Nge5 31. Kg2 Nxb2 32. Rxa7 Nbc4 33. Bf4 d3
34. Ra8+ Kh7 35. Rd8 Rxa2 36. Bxd3 Nxd3 37. Rxd3 Rc2 38. Rd4 Kg6 39. Rd5 f6 40.
h5+ Kf7 41. Rd7+ Kg8 42. Rc7 Na3 43. Ra7 Nb5 44. Rb7 Nd4 45. e5 Ne6 46. Be3 fxe5
47. Rb5 e4 48. Re5 Nf8 49. Rxe4 Nd7 50. Re8+ Kf7 51. Ra8 Nf6 52. Ra5 Rc4 53. Kf3
Ng4 54. Bf4 Nf6 55. Ra7+ Kg8 56. Ra5 Kf7 57. Bd2 Rd4 58. Be3 Rc4 59. Bf4 Rc3+
60. Kg2 Rd3 61. f3 Rd5 62. Ra7+ Rd7 63. Rxd7+ Nxd7 64. g4 Nf6 65. Kf2 Nd7 66.
Ke3 Ke6 67. Kd4 Kf7 68. Ke4 Nf6+ 69. Kf5 Nd5 70. Be5 Ne7+ 71. Ke4 Nc6 72. Bd6
Nd8 73. Be5 Ne6 74. Kf5 Nc5 75. Bd4 Ne6 76. Bc3 Nc7 77. Ke4 Ne6 78. f4 Nd8 79.
Kf5 Ne6 80. g5 hxg5 81. fxg5 Nf8 82. g6+ Nxg6 83. hxg6+ Kg8 84. Ke6 Kf8 85. Kd7
Kg8 86. Ke7 Kh8 87. Bf6 Kg8 88. Be5 Kh8 89. Bc3 Kg8 90. Ke6 Kf8 91. Kd7 Kg8 92.
Ke7 Kh8 93. Bd2 Kg8 94. Be3 Kh8 95. Bh6 Kg8 96. Bc1 Kh8 97. Ke6 Kg8 98. Bb2 Kf8
99. Kf5 Kg8 100. Bxg7 Kxg7 101. Kg5 Kg8 102. Kh6 Kh8 103. g7+ Kg8 104. Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.23"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13413937"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Bd6 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 Re8 7. Qc2 c5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bb5 Nc6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Na4 Ne4 12. d3 Ng5 13. O-O-O Bg4 14. Rhg1 d4
15. exd4 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd1 17. Rxd1 Be5 18. Ne2 Bxb2+ 19. Nxb2 Ne6 20. Qc3 Qg5+
21. Kb1 Qxg2 22. Ng3 Rad8 23. Rc1 Nd4 24. Qc5 Qxf2 25. Ne4 Qf5 26. Qc4 Qd5 27.
Qa6 Rxe4 28. dxe4 Qxe4+ 29. Qd3 Qxd3+ 30. Nxd3 Nxb3 31. Rxc6 Nd4 32. Rc7 Ne6 33.
Rc3 g5 34. Kc1 Kg7 35. Ra3 h5 36. Kc2 g4 37. Rxa7 Kf6 38. Kc3 h4 39. Ra5 g3 40.
hxg3 hxg3 41. Ne1 Rd1 42. Ng2 Rg1 43. Nh4 g2 44. Rf5+ Ke7 45. Nxg2 Rxg2 46. a4
Rg4 47. a5 f6 48. Rb5 Nc7 49. Rb7 Kd7 50. Kb3 f5 51. Rb6 Rd4 52. Rf6 Rd5 53. Kb4
Rb5+ 54. Ka4 Re5 55. a6 Nxa6 56. Rxa6 Rc5 57. Kb4 Rc6 58. Ra3 Ke6 59. Re3+ Kf6
60. Re8 Kg5 61. Kb5 Rc1 62. Kb4 f4 63. Rf8 Kg4 64. Kb3 Kf3 65. Rf7 Ke3 66. Kb2
Rc8 67. Rf6 f3 68. Rf7 f2 69. Rf6 Ke2 70. Re6+ Kf1 71. Rf6 Rg8 0-1

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.23"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Gadimbayli, Abdulla"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "13404938"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. c4 e5 2. d3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Nge7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. Rb1
h6 9. b4 Kh7 10. b5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Ne4 d5 13. Nc5 Qd6 14. Nb3 dxc4 15.
dxc4 Bf5 16. Bf4 Qd8 17. Rc1 c6 18. h4 Rc8 19. Qd2 cxb5 20. cxb5 Rxc1 21. Rxc1
Nd5 22. Rc5 Nxf4 23. Qxf4 Qe7 24. Bf3 Rd8 25. Rc7 Rd7 26. Rxd7 Qxd7 27. a4 b6
28. Be4 Be6 29. Nd2 Bg4 30. Nf3 Bxf3 31. Qxf3 f5 32. Bd3 h5 33. Qa8 Qc7 34. Qe8
Be5 35. Qe6 Bg7 36. Bc4 Qe5 37. Qf7 Qc5 38. Kg2 Kh6 39. Bd3 Qe5 40. Qxa7 Qd5+
41. Kg1 Qd6 42. a5 bxa5 43. b6 f4 44. b7 fxg3 45. b8=Q gxf2+ 46. Kxf2 Qf6+ 47.
Ke1 Qxh4+ 48. Kd1 Qh1+ 49. Kc2 Qa1 50. Qf4+ Kh7 51. Bxg6+ Kxg6 52. Qa6+ 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.23"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "B45"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2205530"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. a3 Be7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
e5 Nd5 9. Qg4 O-O 10. Bh6 g6 11. Be2 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qa5 13. Qg3 Rd8 14. O-O d5
15. h4 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Rfb1 Rab8 18. h5 Qe2 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Bg5 Bxg5 21.
Qxg5 Qxc2 22. Rb4 Qf5 23. Qe3 c5 24. Rh4 d4 25. cxd4 cxd4 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27. Qxd4
a5 28. Rd1 Qc2 29. Rd3 Qb2 30. Qe4 Kg7 31. g3 Qb1+ 32. Kg2 Rh8 33. Kf3 Rh5 34.
g4 Rh3+ 35. Ke2 Qb2+ 36. Rd2 Qxa3 37. Qf4 Qe7 38. g5 Rh5 39. Qf6+ Qxf6 40. exf6+
Kh7 41. Rd7 Rxg5 42. Rxf7+ Kh6 43. Ke3 Re5+ 44. Kf4 Rf5+ 45. Kg3 g5 46. f3 Kg6
47. Ra7 Kxf6 48. Ra8 Re5 49. Kg4 Ke7 50. Ra6 Kd7 51. Kh5 Rf5 52. Kg4 Rb5 53. Kh5
Re5 54. Kg4 Kc7 55. Kh5 Kb7 56. Rd6 a4 57. Kg6 a3 58. Rd2 Ra5 59. Ra2 Kc6 60.
Kf6 e5 61. Kxg5 Kc5 62. Kf5 Kb4 63. Ra1 Kb3 64. Rb1+ Kc2 65. Re1 a2 66. Re2+ Kd3
67. Re1 a1=Q 68. Rxa1 Rxa1 69. Kxe5 Ke3 0-1

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.23"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line, 5...c6"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "8602883"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Qc2 Re8 11. h3 Ne4 12. Bxe4 Bxh4 13. Bh7+ Kh8 14. O-O-O Bxf2
15. Qxf2 Kxh7 16. g4 Kg8 17. Rhg1 Qe7 18. Rde1 Nf8 19. e4 Be6 20. Kb1 dxe4 21.
Nxe4 Bd5 22. Nc3 Qf6 23. Nxd5 cxd5 24. Re5 Rxe5 25. dxe5 Qf4 26. Rd1 Ne6 27. Qe2
Rc8 28. Nd2 Nd4 29. Qd3 Qxe5 30. a3 Ne6 31. Ka2 Nf4 32. Qb5 b6 33. Nf3 Qc7 34.
Rd4 Nxh3 35. Qxd5 Nf4 36. Qf5 Ne6 37. Re4 g6 38. Qf6 Qd7 39. Re5 Qd8 40. Qxd8+
Rxd8 41. Re4 Kg7 42. Ne5 Rd4 43. Rxd4 Nxd4 44. b4 Kf6 45. Nd7+ Kg5 46. Kb2 Kxg4
47. Kc3 Nb5+ 48. Kb3 Kf5 49. a4 Nd6 50. Nb8 h5 51. Nc6 h4 0-1

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.23"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Gukesh, D"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A56"]
[Opening "Benoni defence"]
[WhiteFideId "46616543"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. h3 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. Be3 exd5
9. exd5 Re8 10. Bd3 Rxe3+ 11. fxe3 Qe7 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qd2 Nh5 14. Rae1 Ng3 15.
Rf2 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Ne2 Qh4 18. Rf4 Nxe2+ 19. Rxe2 Bxf4 20. exf4 Bd7 21.
Kh2 b6 22. f5 Qf6 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. b3 Kg7 25. Qe1 Rh8 26. Qg3 Rh5 27. Rf2 Qe5
28. Re2 Qf6 29. Rf2 Qe7 30. Re2 Re5 31. Rxe5 dxe5 32. Qe3 f5 33. Kg1 e4 34. Be2
Qe5 35. g3 Qd4 36. Kf2 g5 37. Qxd4+ cxd4 38. b4 Ba4 39. c5 d3 40. Bh5 Kh6 41.
Bf3 exf3 0-1

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.23"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Gadimbayli, Abdulla"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8602883"]
[BlackFideId "13404938"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. N2f3 Bb4+
8. Bd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Rb8 12. Bxb4 Nxb4 13. Qe2 Qf6 14. c3
Nd5 15. g3 Re8 16. Ne5 Rb6 17. Rfe1 Rd8 18. Rad1 h6 19. Nd3 Rb8 20. Qe5 Qxe5 21.
Nxe5 Bb7 22. Nd3 Nb6 23. Bb3 Ba6 24. Nc5 Bc4 25. Bxc4 Nxc4 26. b3 Na3 27. Kf1
Nb5 28. c4 Nd4 29. Rd3 f6 30. f4 e5 31. fxe5 fxe5 32. Rxe5 Nc2 33. Rxd8+ Rxd8
34. Re7 Rd1+ 35. Kf2 Nb4 36. Rxa7 Rh1 37. Kg2 Re1 38. a4 Re5 39. Nd7 Re3 40. Rb7
Rxb3 41. a5 Rb2+ 42. Kh3 c5 43. Nxc5 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.23"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Gukesh, D"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox variation"]
[WhiteFideId "46616543"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Be3
Qe7 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Qc2 c6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. c5 Nc7
15. b4 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 a5 18. a3 Nb5 19. Be2 Nd4 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. Bd3
Bg7 22. g3 h5 23. h4 Rfb8 24. Kg2 b6 25. cxb6 Rxb6 26. bxa5 Rxa5 27. a4 Rc5 28.
Qd2 Rc3 29. a5 Rbb3 30. Qe2 Qa7 31. a6 c5 32. e5 Kh7 33. Kh2 Rb4 34. e6 c4 35.
e7 cxd3 36. Qe4 Rc8 37. e8=Q Rxe8 38. Qxe8 Rb2 39. Kg1 d2 40. Qe2 d3 41. Qxd3
Bd4 42. Qf3 Rc2 43. Ra3 Rc1 44. Kg2 Bxf2 45. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 46. Kxf2 Rxd1 47. Ke2
Rb1 48. Kxd2 Rb8 49. a7 Ra8 50. Ke3 Kg7 51. Ke4 Kf6 52. Ra6+ Ke7 53. Ke5 f6+ 54.
Kd5 g5 55. hxg5 fxg5 56. Rh6 Kf7 57. Kc5 Kg7 58. Ra6 h4 59. gxh4 gxh4 60. Kb6 h3
61. Kb7 h2 62. Ra1 Rh8 63. Rh1 Kf6 64. a8=Q 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.23"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14204118"]
[BlackFideId "13413937"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Be2 Nc8 8. O-O
Be7 9. c3 Ncb6 10. Re1 Nc4 11. a4 O-O 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 c5 14. a5 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Nb8 16. Qb3 Qd7 17. Bb5 Nc6 18. a6 Be4 19. Qa4 Rac8 20. Rac1 Bxf3 21. gxf3
bxa6 22. Bxc6 Qd8 23. Ba5 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.23"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Paulsen attack"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "2205530"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. h4 f6 7. Bd3 fxe5 8. dxe5
Nf5 9. Na3 a6 10. Nc2 Be7 11. Ne3 Nxe3 12. Bxe3 Qc7 13. Bf4 Bd7 14. Ng5 O-O-O
15. O-O Rdf8 16. Qg4 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Rae1 Qf6 19. Nxe6 h5 20. Qe2 Re8 21.
Ng5 Bd6 22. Qf3 Qxf3 23. Nxf3 Kc7 24. Bg6 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Rh6 26. Bf7 Bc6 27. Ng5
b5 28. g3 a5 29. Ne6+ Kb6 30. Rd1 Rf6 31. Ng5 d4 32. cxd4 c4 33. Bxh5 a4 34. d5
Bd7 35. Ne4 Rh6 36. Nxd6 Rxd6 37. a3 Kc5 38. Bf7 Bf5 39. f3 b4 40. axb4+ Kxb4
41. Kf2 Kb3 42. Be8 a3 43. bxa3 c3 44. Ke3 c2 45. Re1 Rxd5 46. Bf7 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.23"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "D96"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "Russian variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 c5 6. cxd5 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd5 8.
Qxd5 Bxd4 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. e3 Bg7 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. O-O Ne5 14. Rfd1
Rc8 15. Rac1 f5 16. e4 Ke8 17. Bxd7+ Nxd7 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Be3 a6 20. Bd4 Nf6
21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Nd5 Kf7 23. Nxf6 Kxf6 24. Kf1 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.23"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Gadimbayli, Abdulla"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B62"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Keres variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13404938"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd3 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Be2 Bd7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qa5 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Kb1
Nd5 15. Bd2 Rfd8 16. Bf3 Nb6 17. Qf4 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rac8 19. Rhg1 g6 20. Ne4 Qa4
21. b3 Qc6 22. Rc1 Nd5 23. Qh6 Bf8 24. Qh4 Bg7 25. c4 Bxe5 26. cxd5 Qxd5 27. Bc3
Qd3+ 28. Kb2 Rxc3 29. Rxc3 Bxc3+ 30. Nxc3 Qd2+ 31. Kb1 Rd4 32. Ne4 Qd3+ 33. Ka1
Kg7 34. Qf6+ Kg8 35. Qf4 Kg7 36. Qe5+ Kf8 37. Rc1 Rd8 38. Qh8+ Ke7 39. Rc7+ Rd7
40. Qf6+ Ke8 41. Rc8+ Rd8 42. Rxd8+ Qxd8 43. Qh8+ Ke7 44. Qf6+ Ke8 45. Qxd8+
Kxd8 46. Kb2 Ke7 47. Kc3 f5 48. Nd2 Kd6 49. Kd4 e5+ 50. Kc4 Kc6 51. a4 b6 52. b4
a6 53. b5+ axb5+ 54. axb5+ Kd6 55. Kb4 Kd5 56. Nc4 e4 57. Nxb6+ Kd4 58. fxe4 f4
59. Nc4 Kxe4 60. b6 f3 61. Nd2+ Kd5 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.23"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "8602883"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 e5 6. Nf3 exd4 7. Qxd4 Nf6 8.
Nc3 Qe6+ 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Qe3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. h3 a6 13. Rd1 h6 14. Qxe6 Bxe6
15. Be3 Rac8 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bc5 18. Bf3 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Rc7 20. Rad1 g5 21.
a4 Kg7 22. Rb4 Bc8 23. Rd6 Re7 24. Kh2 Rfe8 25. a5 h5 26. Rxf6 Kxf6 27. Nd5+ Kg6
28. Nxe7+ Rxe7 29. Rb6+ f6 30. b4 g4 31. hxg4 hxg4 32. Bd5 Kg5 33. Rd6 f5 34.
Rd8 Rh7+ 35. Kg1 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.23"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Romanishin-Kasparov (Steiner) system"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. O-O Nc6 8. Re1
Nd5 9. Bd2 Nb6 10. e3 a5 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Ne4 e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bf5 15.
Bc3 Qxd1 16. Rexd1 Na4 17. f4 Bxc3 18. bxc3 f6 19. Nf2 c6 20. g4 Bd3 21. Nxd3
cxd3 22. Rxd3 fxe5 23. f5 Rad8 24. Rcd1 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 e4 26. Rd7 b5 27. Rc7 Nxc3
28. Rxc6 Nxa2 29. Rc5 a4 30. Rxb5 Nc3 31. Rc5 Nd1 32. Ra5 Nxe3 33. Rxa4 Nxg4 34.
Bxe4 Nf6 35. Bf3 h5 36. Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.23"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Gukesh, D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights, 3...Bg4"]
[WhiteFideId "2205530"]
[BlackFideId "46616543"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. a3 Nd7 7. d4 dxe4 8. Nxe4
Ngf6 9. c3 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Bd6 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. Qf3 Qc7 13. O-O O-O-O 14. b4 e5 15.
Rb1 Rhe8 16. b5 c5 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. a4 Nd5 19. Bb2 Kb8 20. Bc4 Nb6 21. Qxf7 Re7
22. a5 Rxf7 23. axb6 axb6 24. Ra1 Rf4 25. Ra4 Qd6 26. Bc1 Rxc4 27. Rxc4 Qd3 28.
Rg4 Qxb5 29. Re1 Qe2 0-1

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.23"]
[Round "12.5"]
[White "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A56"]
[Opening "Benoni defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13413937"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 e6 8. O-O exd5
9. exd5 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nbd7 12. Qd1 Nh5 13. Ne4 Be5 14. Bh6 f5 15. Ng5
Qf6 16. Ne6 Rf7 17. Rb1 Qh8 18. Qd2 Re8 19. Rbe1 f4 20. Ng5 Rfe7 21. Be2 Bg7 22.
Bxg7 Nxg7 23. Bg4 Ne5 24. b3 h6 25. Be6+ Nxe6 26. Nxe6 g5 27. Qc2 Qf6 28. f3 h5
29. Rxe5 dxe5 30. Nxc5 g4 31. hxg4 hxg4 32. fxg4 e4 33. Ne6 Rxe6 34. dxe6 Rxe6
35. Qd2 e3 36. Qd5 e2 37. Re1 Kg7 38. Qd3 Qe5 39. b4 a5 40. Kf2 f3 41. g3 axb4
42. Kxf3 Qf6+ 43. Kg2 Qc3 44. Qd7+ Kf6 45. g5+ Kf5 46. Qd5+ Re5 47. Qf7+ Kxg5
48. Qf4+ Kg6 49. Qg4+ Kf6 50. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 51. Qxe2 b6 52. Kf2 Qd4+ 53. Kf3 Kf5
54. Qe3 Qd1+ 55. Kg2 Qb1 56. Qf3+ Ke5 57. Qd5+ Kf6 58. Qd6+ Kf7 59. Qd5+ Kg7 60.
Qd4+ Kf7 61. Qf2+ Kg8 62. Qe2 Kg7 63. g4 Kf6 64. Kf3 b3 65. axb3 Qxb3+ 66. Kf4
Qb4 67. Qe5+ Kf7 68. Qd5+ Kf8 69. g5 Qb3 70. Kf5 Qc2+ 71. Kf6 Qf2+ 72. Qf5 Qd4+
73. Ke6+ Ke8 74. Qf7+ Kd8 75. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.23"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Gukesh, D"]
[Black "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "46616543"]
[BlackFideId "13413937"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c3 a6 4. Bf4 Bf5 5. e3 e6 6. Nbd2 c5 7. h3 h6 8. Qb3 Ra7
9. c4 Nc6 10. Be2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. exd4 dxc4 13. Nxc4 b5 14. Nd2 Nd5 15.
Be5 Bb4 16. g4 Be4 17. Rg1 Bxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Qa5+ 19. Kd1 O-O 20. Rc1 Raa8 21. Qa3
Qb6 22. Qc5 Qb7 23. Kd2 f6 24. Bg3 Rfd8 25. Qc6 Qe7 26. Qc5 Qb7 27. Rgd1 Rac8
28. Qa3 Qb6 29. Ke1 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Qxd4 31. Qxa6 Qxb2 32. Qxe6+ Kh8 33. Rd1 Qb4+
34. Kf1 Rg8 35. Rxd5 Bxd5 36. Qxd5 Re8 37. Bf3 Qb1+ 38. Kg2 b4 39. Bf4 Rc8 40.
Be3 Re8 41. Qb3 Qxb3 42. axb3 Rd8 43. Be2 Rc8 44. Bc4 g5 45. Kf3 Re8 46. Bd2 Rb8
47. Ke4 Kg7 48. Kd4 f5 49. gxf5 Kf6 50. Ke4 h5 51. f3 Re8+ 52. Be6 Rb8 53. Be3
Rb5 54. Bd4+ Ke7 55. Bc4 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.23"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "8602883"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. d5 Nc5 14. Qd4
exd5 15. exd5 Qd6 16. Rfe1 Bd7 17. Ne5 Rae8 18. Re3 Re7 19. Rae1 Rfe8 20. h4 h6
21. h5 Ba4 22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. Re6 Rxe6 24. dxe6+ Ke7 25. Qxg7+ Kd8 26. Qxh6 Qe7
27. Re3 Kc8 28. Qf4 Bc6 29. h6 Qh7 30. e7 Rxe7 31. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.23"]
[Round "13.3"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Gadimbayli, Abdulla"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Nimzovich system"]
[WhiteFideId "14204118"]
[BlackFideId "13404938"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Qb6 5. Bd3 Bd7 6. O-O cxd4 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. Ng5
Nbc6 9. f4 Nb4 10. Kh1 Nxd3 11. cxd3 Nf5 12. Ndf3 Be7 13. Qe2 h6 14. Nh3 O-O-O
15. Nf2 Kb8 16. a3 Rc8 17. b4 Ba4 18. Ra2 Rc7 19. Bd2 Rhc8 20. Ne1 a6 21. Rg1 g6
22. Nd1 h5 23. Rf1 Bxd1 24. Qxd1 Ne3 25. Bxe3 dxe3 26. Qe2 d4 27. Nf3 Rc3 28.
Rd1 Rd8 29. h4 Rd7 30. Kh2 Bd8 31. Kg3 Qb5 32. Rc2 Qc6 33. Rdc1 Rxc2 34. Rxc2
Qa4 35. Rc4 Bb6 36. Qb2 Qd1 37. Qc2 Qxc2 38. Rxc2 a5 39. b5 Rc7 40. Rxc7 Kxc7
41. a4 Kd7 42. Ng5 Ke8 43. Kf3 Bd8 44. Ne4 Be7 45. g3 Kd7 46. Ke2 Kc7 47. Kd1
Kb6 48. Ke2 Kc7 49. Kf3 Kd7 50. Ke2 Ke8 51. Kf3 b6 52. Ke2 Kf8 53. Kf3 Kg7 54.
Ke2 Kf8 55. Kf3 Kg7 56. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.23"]
[Round "13.4"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 2...Nc6"]
[WhiteFideId "2205530"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 a6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Be2 Nd4 7. a3 d6 8. Bc4
Nf6 9. d3 Bg4 10. Be3 e6 11. Ba2 Nd7 12. Bxd4 cxd4 13. Ne2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qb6 15.
Bb3 g6 16. Qd2 Nc5 17. Qb4 Qxb4+ 18. axb4 Nxb3 19. cxb3 Kd7 20. Kd2 Bh6+ 21. f4
e5 22. Ra5 Rhc8 23. h4 Rc7 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Kxc1 f5 26. Kd1 fxe4 27. dxe4 Rf8
28. fxe5 d3 29. Nc1 Rxf2 0-1

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.23"]
[Round "13.5"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C24"]
[Opening "Bishop's opening"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. h3 h6 6. Nge2 a6 7. a3 d6 8. Ng3 Be6
9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Ne7 11. Qf3 Qd7 12. O-O c6 13. dxc6 Qxc6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15.
Qxf7+ Kd7 16. Be6+ Kd8 17. dxe4 Qxe4 18. Qxg7 Qh7 19. Qxh7 Rxh7 20. Be3 b6 21.
Bd2 b5 22. b4 Bb6 23. a4 Rb8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ra3 Kc7 26. Rc3+ Kb7 27. Rf3 d5
28. Bc3 e4 29. Rf6 Rc8 30. Bxc8+ 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.23"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Gukesh, D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Romanishin-Kasparov (Steiner) system"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "46616543"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. O-O c5 8. dxc5
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Qd4 Nc6 11. Qxc4 e5 12. a4 Be6 13. Qb5 Qc7 14. a5 a6 15.
Qb6 Nd5 16. Qxc7 Nxc7 17. Ng5 Bc4 18. Ne4 Bxe2 19. Re1 Bc4 20. Rd1 Bd5 21. c4
Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Nd4 23. Bxb7 Rab8 24. c6 Nce6 25. Ba3 Rfd8 26. Be7 Re8 27. Bd6
Rbd8 28. c5 Nb5 29. Bxe5 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Nxc5 31. Rd5 Ne6 32. Rxb5 axb5 33. c7
Nxc7 34. Bxc7 b4 35. a6 b3 36. Be5 Rxe5 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.23"]
[Round "14.2"]
[White "Gadimbayli, Abdulla"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B72"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, 6.Be3"]
[WhiteFideId "13404938"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. f3 h5 8. Qd2
Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Bh6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Qxe3 Be6 12. O-O-O Qa5 13. a3 Rc8 14. h4 a6
15. Kb1 Qc5 16. Qxc5 Rxc5 17. Bd3 O-O 18. Ne2 Kg7 19. c3 b5 20. Nd4 Bc4 21. Bc2
Rfc8 22. Rdg1 a5 23. Nb3 Bxb3 24. Bxb3 Nd7 25. Rd1 Nb6 26. Rd4 Kf6 27. Rhd1 g5
28. hxg5+ Rxg5 29. g4 hxg4 30. fxg4 Kg7 31. Rf1 f6 32. Rf5 Rc5 33. Bd1 Nc4 34.
Be2 Ne5 35. Rxg5+ fxg5 36. Rd5 Kf6 37. Rxc5 dxc5 38. Kc2 c4 39. b3 Ke6 40. a4
bxa4 41. bxa4 Kd6 42. Kd2 Kc5 43. Ke3 Kc6 44. Kd4 Kd6 45. Bd1 Nd3 46. Be2 Ne5
47. Bd1 Nd3 48. Be2 Nb2 49. Bxc4 e5+ 0-1

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.23"]
[Round "14.3"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8602883"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. Be3
d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. O-O Re8 11. Re1 h6 12. h3 Bd6 13. Bf1 a6 14. Qd2 Bd7 15.
Rad1 Be5 16. Nf3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Rc8 18. Qb3 Na5 19. Qb4 Re4 20. Qd2 Nc4 21. Bxc4
Rexc4 22. c3 Ba4 23. Rb1 Ne4 24. Qd3 Bb5 25. Qc2 Qf6 26. Qd1 Bd7 27. Bd4 Qf5 28.
Ne5 R4c7 29. f3 Nc5 30. Bxc5 Rxc5 31. Qd4 Be6 32. Rbd1 Qf6 33. Qe3 Rb5 34. Rd2
Qd8 35. Nd3 a5 36. Nf4 Qb6 37. Qxb6 Rxb6 38. Ne2 Kf8 39. Nd4 a4 40. Kf2 Bd7 41.
g4 f6 42. Rde2 Re8 43. Rxe8+ Bxe8 44. Re2 Bd7 45. Ke3 Ke7 46. Kd3+ Kd6 47. Nf5+
Bxf5+ 48. gxf5 Kc5 49. Rg2 h5 50. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.23"]
[Round "14.4"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Ngf3 Qxc5 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Qe2 Qc7 9. O-O Be7 10. Ne4 O-O 11. Bg5 b6 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. c3
Rad8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Be4 g6 17. g3 b5 18. Qe3 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 a6 20. Kg2 Kg7 21.
h4 h5 22. Ng5 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8 Qxd8 25. Nf3 Qb6 26. Ne5 Qc7 27. Nd3 a5
28. Nf4 Qd6 29. Nd3 Kh7 30. Qf3 Kg7 31. Qe4 Qc7 32. Nf4 Qd7 33. Nd3 Qd6 34. a3
Qd7 35. Kf1 Qd6 36. Ke2 Qc7 37. Nf4 Qd6 38. Qd3 Qc6 39. Kf1 Be5 40. Qe3 Qc4+ 41.
Nd3 Bf6 42. Kg2 Qd5+ 43. Qf3 Qc4 44. Qe3 Qc6+ 45. Qf3 Qd7 46. Qe4 Qd6 47. Qf3
Qd7 48. Nc5 Qc7 49. b4 axb4 50. axb4 Be7 51. Qe3 Qc6+ 52. Kg1 Qd5 53. Ne4 Qe5
54. Kg2 f5 55. Nd2 Qxe3 56. fxe3 Bf6 57. c4 Bc3 58. Nb1 Bxb4 59. cxb5 Kf6 60. b6
Ke7 61. b7 Bd6 62. Nd2 Kd7 63. Nc4 Bc7 64. Kf3 Kc6 65. e4 Kxb7 66. exf5 gxf5 67.
Ne3 Kc6 68. Ng2 Kd5 69. Ne3+ Kd4 70. Nc2+ Kc5 71. Ne3 Kc6 72. Ng2 Kd7 73. Ne3
Ke7 74. Nc2 Bb6 75. Nb4 Kf6 76. Kg2 Bc5 77. Nd3 Bd6 78. Nc1 e5 79. Ne2 e4 80.
Kf2 Bc5+ 81. Kg2 Be3 82. Nc3 Ke5 83. Nb5 Bd2 84. Kf2 Bb4 85. Ke2 Ba5 86. Na3 Kd5
87. Nc2 Bb6 88. Nb4+ Ke5 89. Nc6+ Kd6 90. Nb4 Bc5 91. Na2 Ke5 92. Nc3 Bb4 93.
Nb5 Ba5 94. Na3 Bc7 95. Nc4+ Kd5 96. Ne3+ Ke6 97. Nf1 f4 98. gxf4 Bxf4 99. Kf2
Kf5 100. Kg2 Kg4 101. Kf2 Kxh4 102. Kg2 Kg4 103. Kf2 h4 104. Kg2 h3+ 105. Kf2
Kf5 106. Kg1 Ke5 107. Kf2 Kd4 108. Kg1 Kd3 109. Kf2 h2 110. Kg2 Ke2 111. Kh1 Kf2
112. Ng3 e3 113. Ne4+ Kf3 114. Nc5 Bd6 115. Nb3 Ke4 116. Nc1 Ba3 117. Ne2 Kf3
118. Nd4+ Kf2 119. Kxh2 Bc5 120. Nc2 e2 121. Kh3 Kf3 122. Ne1+ Kf2 123. Nc2 Kf3
124. Ne1+ Ke3 125. Kg2 Bd6 126. Nf3 Bb4 127. Kg3 Bc5 128. Kg2 Bd6 129. Ne1 Kd2
130. Nf3+ Kd1 131. Kf2 Bc5+ 132. Kg2 Bd4 133. Kg3 Ba7 134. Kf4 Kc2 135. Ke4 Kc3
136. Ne1 Bf2 137. Kf3 Bxe1 138. Kxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.23"]
[Round "14.5"]
[White "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "3.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "13413937"]
[BlackFideId "2205530"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 c5 5. d5 exd5 6. exd5 Nf6 7. Bxc4 a6 8. a4
Bd6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nbd7 13. Qd1 Re8 14. Qc2 Qe7 15.
Rd1 Ne5 16. Bf1 Ng6 17. g3 h5 18. Qf5 h4 19. Kg2 hxg3 20. fxg3 Qc7 21. Qf3 Re5
22. a5 Rae8 23. Ra4 Qd7 24. h4 Rf5 25. Qd3 Ne5 26. Qc2 Neg4 27. Ne4 Nxe4 28.
Rxe4 Rf2+ 29. Qxf2 Nxf2 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. Kxf2 Qe5 32. Rd3 c4 33. Rf3 Qxd5 34.
Kg2 Qe4 35. Be3 Be5 36. Kf2 Bxb2 37. Rf4 Qc2+ 38. Kg1 Bc1 39. Bxc1 Qxc1 40. Rxc4
Qe3+ 41. Kh2 Qd2+ 42. Bg2 Qxa5 43. Rc8+ Kh7 44. Bxb7 Qd2+ 45. Bg2 a5 46. Ra8 g6
47. Ra7 Kg7 48. Kh3 Kf8 49. Ra8+ Ke7 50. Ra6 f6 51. Kh2 Kf7 52. Kh3 f5 53. Kh2
Kg7 54. Ra7+ Kf6 55. Ra6+ Kg7 56. Ra7+ Kh6 57. Ra6 Qb4 58. Ra8 a4 59. Kh3 a3 60.
Bd5 Qg4+ 61. Kh2 Qe2+ 62. Kh3 Qf1+ 63. Kh2 Qf2+ 64. Kh3 Qc5 65. Bg2 Qc3 66. Ra7
Qb4 67. Kh2 Qb2 68. Kh3 a2 69. g4 fxg4+ 0-1

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.23"]
[Round "15.1"]
[White "Gukesh, D"]
[Black "Gadimbayli, Abdulla"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "D09"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Albin counter-gambit, 5.g3"]
[WhiteFideId "46616543"]
[BlackFideId "13404938"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Nge7 6. Bg2 Ng6 7. O-O Ngxe5 8.
Nbd2 Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Nxf3+ 11. Nxf3 Bf6 12. Qd2 Qd6 13. Rfd1 Rd8 14. Rac1
a5 15. Ng5 Bf5 16. Bd5 Rd7 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Re8 19. Bd5 Rde7 20. Bf3 h6 21.
Qc2 Ne5 22. Bg2 c5 23. e3 Nc6 24. Qf5 Qc7 25. Qxc5 dxe3 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. fxe3
Rxe3 28. Qf5 Qe7 29. Bd5 Kh8 30. Qf4 Kg7 31. Rf1 Qe5 32. Qg4+ Kf8 33. Kg2 Nd4
34. Qd7 Re7 35. Qc8+ Kg7 36. Qg4+ Kf8 37. Rcd1 Re2+ 38. Kh3 Ne6 39. Bxe6 Rxe6
40. Rd8+ Ke7 41. Rfd1 Qc7 42. Qg8 f5 43. Qf8+ Kf6 44. Qxh6+ Ke7 45. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.23"]
[Round "15.2"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky attack, 3...Bd7"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "8602883"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. b3 Be7 8.
Bb2 O-O 9. c4 Rc8 10. Nc3 Ne5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. f4 exf4 13. e5 Nd7 14. Rxf4 f5
15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Qxe6+ Kh8 17. Raf1 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Nf6 19. Qe2 Re8 20. Qd1 a6 21.
Na4 Bxb2 22. Nxb2 Qd6 23. Na4 Rcd8 24. Qf3 b5 25. cxb5 axb5 26. Nc3 b4 27. Ne4
Nxe4 28. Rxe4 Rf8 29. Rf4 Rxf4 30. Qxf4 Qxf4 31. Rxf4 g6 32. Rf2 Ra8 33. d3 Kg7
34. Kg1 Rd8 35. Rc2 Rxd3 36. Rxc5 Rd2 37. Rc7+ Kh6 38. Rc4 Rxa2 39. Rxb4 Rb2 40.
Rh4+ Kg5 41. Rh3 h5 42. Rg3+ Kf4 43. Rf3+ Ke5 44. h4 Ke6 45. Kh2 Ke5 46. Kg3 Ke6
47. Rc3 Kf5 48. Rc5+ Kf6 49. Rb5 Rc2 50. Kf3 Rc3+ 51. Kf4 Rc2 52. Rb6+ Kg7 53.
g3 Rf2+ 54. Ke3 Rg2 55. Kf3 Rb2 56. b4 Kh6 57. Rb8 Kg7 58. Kf4 Rf2+ 59. Ke4 Re2+
60. Kf3 Rb2 61. Rb5 Kf6 62. Rb7 Kf5 63. Rb5+ Kf6 64. Ke4 Re2+ 65. Kd3 Rf2 66.
Rg5 Rb2 67. Kc3 Rb1 68. Kc4 Rc1+ 69. Kd5 Rb1 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.23"]
[Round "15.3"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Euwe variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14204118"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Qb6 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4
Nge7 9. Na3 Nf5 10. Nc2 Rc8 11. Bd3 Nb4 12. Nxb4 Bxb4 13. a3 Be7 14. Bxf5 exf5
15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 O-O 17. Qd2 Rc4 18. Nf3 Rfc8 19. Rac1 h6 20. h4 Be6 21.
Rxc4 Rxc4 22. Rc1 Qc6 23. Rxc4 dxc4 24. Ne1 Qe4 25. Nc2 Qd3 26. Qc3 f4 27. f3 b6
28. Kf2 Qd1 29. Nb4 a5 30. Na6 Bf5 31. Nc7 Bd3 32. Qe1 Qc2+ 33. Kg1 Qxb2 34. d5
c3 35. e6 fxe6 36. dxe6 c2 37. e7 c1=Q 38. e8=Q+ Kh7 39. Kh2 Qxc7 40. Q1e6 Qf6
41. Q6g8# 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.23"]
[Round "15.4"]
[White "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13413937"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Nc6 8. Be3
O-O 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 a5 11. Qc2 Be6 12. Rad1 Nd7 13. Nb5 Bxd4 14. Nxd4 Qb6
15. Kh1 Nc5 16. f4 Bd7 17. f5 Rac8 18. Bf3 Qb4 19. Ne2 b5 20. Nc3 Rfe8 21. Nd5
Qxc4 22. Qxc4 bxc4 23. f6 Rb8 24. Nxe7+ Kf8 25. Rd2 Be6 26. Nc6 Rb6 27. Nxa5 Ra8
28. b4 Rxb4 29. Nc6 Rb6 30. Rxd6 c3 31. Rc1 Nd7 32. Rxc3 Nxf6 33. h3 Rxa2 34. e5
Nd7 35. Nd4 Rb1+ 36. Kh2 Nxe5 37. Nxe6+ Ke7 38. Rd5 Nxf3+ 39. Rxf3 fxe6 40. Rc5
Rbb2 41. Rg3 Rc2 42. Rb5 Ra7 43. Re3 Rc6 44. h4 Kf7 45. h5 Kg7 46. Rh3 Re7 47.
h6+ Kf7 48. Rf3+ Ke8 49. Rb8+ Kd7 50. Rg8 Rc5 51. g4 Kd6 52. Rg7 Rcc7 53. Rg8 e5
54. Rd3+ Ke6 55. Kg3 e4 56. Re3 Ke5 57. Rd8 Rcd7 58. Rh8 Rd3 59. Kf2 Kf4 60.
Rf8+ Kxg4 61. Re1 e3+ 62. Kg1 e2 63. Rf2 Rd1 64. Rg2+ Kh5 65. Rh2+ Kg5 66. Kf2
Rxe1 67. Kxe1 Re4 0-1

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.23"]
[Round "15.5"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C46"]
[Opening "Four knights game"]
[WhiteFideId "2205530"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nde7 7. O-O Nf5 8.
Re1 f6 9. a3 Bc5 10. b4 Bb6 11. Na4 O-O 12. d3 Be6 13. Bb2 Qd7 14. c4 a6 15.
Nxb6 cxb6 16. Qe2 Rad8 17. Rad1 Rfe8 18. h4 b5 19. Qc2 h5 20. cxb5 axb5 21. Qc5
Qd5 22. d4 Qxc5 23. dxc5 Bb3 24. Rc1 Rd3 25. Bc3 Red8 26. Nh2 R3d7 27. Bf1 Ncd4
28. Bxd4 Nxd4 29. Re3 Bd5 30. f4 exf4 31. gxf4 Nf5 32. Rd3 Bc6 33. Rcd1 Nxh4 34.
Kf2 Ng6 35. Rxd7 Rxd7 36. Rxd7 Bxd7 37. Ke3 Ne7 38. Kd4 Kf7 39. Nf3 Nf5+ 40. Kc3
Ng3 41. Bd3 Bc6 42. Nd4 h4 43. Nxb5 h3 44. Nd6+ Kf8 45. b5 h2 0-1

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.23"]
[Round "16.1"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Gukesh, D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "8602883"]
[BlackFideId "46616543"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. d4 d5 8. e5 Ne4
9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Be3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Rb8 12. Qc1 Bf5 13. Nc3 f6 14. exf6 exf6 15.
Nd2 Qd7 16. Nb3 g5 17. f3 Nd6 18. Nc5 Qf7 19. b3 Rbe8 20. Qd2 h5 21. Bf2 h4 22.
h3 Bg6 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Re1 Bf8 25. Rxe8 Nxe8 26. Qe2 Ng7 27. b4 Bd6 28. b5
cxb5 29. Qxb5 Nf5 30. Qc6 Qe7 31. Qxd5+ Kh7 32. N3e4 Bg3 33. Qe6 Bxf2+ 34. Kxf2
Kg7 35. d5 Qd8 36. Qd7+ Qxd7 37. Nxd7 Bf7 38. Ndxf6 Kg6 39. a3 Nd4 40. d6 Nc6
41. d7 Kf5 42. Nh7 Bd5 43. Nhxg5 Ke5 44. Ke3 Kf5 45. Kd3 Bg8 46. Ke3 Bd5 47. Nh7
Bc4 48. Nhf6 Bf1 49. Kf2 Ba6 50. Nd5 Ke5 51. Ne7 Nd8 52. Ng6+ Kd5 53. Nxh4 Kc6
54. Nf5 Bb5 55. Nd4+ Kd5 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.23"]
[Round "16.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical, 6...a6"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "13413937"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. b3 Nc6 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Bb2 Ke7 11. Be2 Rd8 12. Nbd2 b6 13. a3 a5 14. Rac1 Bb7
15. Rfd1 h6 16. Ne1 Ba6 17. Bf3 Bb7 18. Nc4 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 b5 20. Nd3 Ba7 21.
Nde5 Nd8 22. Nxa5 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Ke8 24. Nac6 Nxc6 25. Nxc6 Bc5 26. b4 Bb6 27.
Rd3 Rc8 28. Ne5 Rc2 29. Bd4 Bc7 30. Ng4 Nxg4 31. fxg4 f6 32. Kg2 Ra2 33. Rc3 Kd7
34. Rd3 Kc6 35. h4 Kb7 36. Bc5 Kc6 37. Bf8 g5 38. h5 f5 39. Bxh6 fxg4 40. Rc3+
Kb6 41. Bxg5 g3 42. Bf4 Bxf4 43. exf4 gxf2 44. Rh3 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.23"]
[Round "16.3"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[Variation "Italian four knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 h6 6. Nd5 d6 7. a4 O-O 8. c3 a5
9. O-O Ba7 10. h3 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Ne7 12. Ba2 Ng6 13. Be3 Qf6 14. d4 Be6 15. Bxe6
Qxe6 16. Re1 Rfe8 17. Nd2 d5 18. exd5 Qxd5 19. Qb3 Rad8 20. Qxd5 Rxd5 21. Nb3
exd4 22. Bxd4 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Bxd4 24. Re8+ Kh7 25. Nxd4 c5 26. Nf3 Rd6 27. Rc8
b6 28. Rc7 Kg8 29. Rc8+ Kh7 30. Rc7 Nf4 31. Ne5 Rd2 32. Rxf7 Ne2+ 33. Kh2 Rxb2
34. Nc4 Rb3 35. Rb7 Rxc3 36. Nd6 Rb3 37. Ne8 Kg6 38. Rxg7+ Kf5 39. Re7 Nd4 40.
g4+ Kf4 41. Kg2 c4 42. Nf6 c3 43. Nd5+ Kg5 44. Rg7+ Kh4 45. Nf4 c2 46. Rc7 Kg5
47. Nd5 Rb1 48. Rg7+ Kh4 49. Rc7 c1=Q 50. Rxc1 Rxc1 51. Nf4 Kg5 52. Nd3 Rc2 53.
Ne5 b5 54. axb5 Nxb5 55. Kg3 Rc3+ 56. f3 a4 0-1

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.23"]
[Round "16.4"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8.
e3 e5 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 exd4 11. Qxd4 Ne5 12. Nf3 Qe7 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Qc3 Re8
15. O-O e4 16. Be2 g5 17. Bg3 Bg4 18. Bxg4 Nxg4 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. h3 Rxd1 21.
Rxd1 Ne5 22. Rd5 Nd3 23. Qd4 c5 24. Qc3 Rd8 25. f3 Rxd5 26. cxd5 b5 27. d6 Qd7
28. fxe4 c4 29. Qf6 a5 30. Qxh6 b4 31. Qxg5+ Kf8 32. Qf6 Kg8 33. Qe7 Nc5 34.
Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.23"]
[Round "16.5"]
[White "Gadimbayli, Abdulla"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Rubinstein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13404938"]
[BlackFideId "2205530"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6 8.
Bg5 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. c3 Bg7 13. Qa4+ Qd7 14. Qb4 Qe7
15. Qb5+ Qd7 16. Qb4 a5 17. Qc5 Qe7 18. Qb5+ Qd7 19. Qc5 Qe7 20. Qb5+ Kf8 21.
Rfe1 Qc7 22. Rad1 Ra6 23. Qh5 f5 24. Bc2 Rb6 25. Qh4 Kg8 26. Bb3 h5 27. Nxf5
exf5 28. Re7 Qc5 29. Bxf7+ Kh7 30. Qxh5+ Rh6 31. Bg6+ Kg8 32. Bf7+ Kh7 33. Bg6+
Kg8 34. Bf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.23"]
[Round "17.1"]
[White "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Black "Gadimbayli, Abdulla"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game, Chigorin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13413937"]
[BlackFideId "13404938"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 Nh5 5. h4 Nxf4 6. exf4 Bg4 7. c3 Qd6 8. g3
Qe6+ 9. Kd2 O-O-O 10. Ng5 Qd7 11. Qxg4 Qxg4 12. Bh3 Qxh3 13. Rxh3 Re8 14. Nxf7
Rg8 15. Ng5 h6 16. Ne6 Kd7 17. Nc5+ Kc8 18. Nd3 e6 19. h5 Bd6 20. Kc2 Ne7 21.
Nd2 b6 22. Re1 Nc6 23. Rhh1 Nd8 24. b4 Nf7 25. a4 Kd7 26. Re2 Rc8 27. Nb3 Rge8
28. Rh4 Be7 29. Rh1 Bf6 30. a5 Nd6 31. Ra1 Ne4 32. Nd2 Nd6 33. Ree1 Ra8 34. Ra2
Rh8 35. Rea1 Rag8 36. Rh1 Nb5 37. Raa1 Rc8 38. Nf3 Nd6 39. Nfe5+ Bxe5 40. Nxe5+
Ke8 41. axb6 axb6 42. Kd3 Rf8 43. Ng6 Rf6 44. Rhe1 Kf7 45. Ra7 Ne4 46. Re2 Kg8
47. Rea2 Kh7 48. Rb7 Rf5 49. g4 Rf7 50. f3 Nd6 51. Rba7 Nb5 52. Ra8 Rg8 53. Rxg8 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.23"]
[Round "17.2"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "2205530"]
[BlackFideId "8602883"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 Nf6 6. b3 e6 7. Bb2 d5 8. exd5
exd5 9. O-O-O Be6 10. Bb5 a6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Nge2 Bb4 13. Nd4 Qd6 14. Qg5 O-O
15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. Rhe1 Qg4 17. Qxg4 Nxg4 18. f3 Nf6 19. a3 Ba5 20. Re7 Rfe8 21.
Rb7 Rab8 22. Ra7 Ra8 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Na4 Bc7 25. g3 a5 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Re1
Bd6 28. Kb2 Kg7 29. f4 h5 30. c4 Rd8 31. c5 Bf8 32. Kc3 f5 33. Kd4 Kg6 34. Nb6
Bg7+ 35. Kd3 Bb2 36. a4 Ba3 37. Kd4 Bb2+ 38. Kd3 Kf6 39. Re2 Ba3 40. Kd4 h4 41.
gxh4 Bc1 42. Rf2 Kg6 43. Rg2+ Kh6 44. Rg5 f6 45. Rg2 Bxf4 46. b4 axb4 47. a5 b3
48. Kc3 d4+ 49. Kxb3 d3 50. Rg1 Be3 51. Rd1 Bxc5 52. Kc4 Bxb6 53. axb6 d2 54.
Kc5 f4 55. b7 f3 56. Rxd2 Rxd2 57. b8=Q f2 58. Qf4+ Kg6 59. Kxc6 Rc2+ 60. Kd5
Rd2+ 61. Kc4 Rc2+ 62. Kb3 Rd2 63. Kc3 Ra2 64. Kb3 Rd2 65. h3 Rd3+ 66. Kc2 Ra3
67. Qg4+ Kh6 68. Qf4+ Kg6 69. Kb2 Ra5 70. Qxf2 Re5 71. Qg3+ Kh6 72. Qf4+ Kg7 73.
Kc3 Kg6 74. Kd3 Kg7 75. Qg4+ Kh6 76. Kd4 Kh7 77. h5 Rg5 78. Qf4 Kg7 79. Qf3 Re5
80. h4 Kf7 81. Qg4 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.23"]
[Round "17.3"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "C59"]
[Opening "two knights defence"]
[Variation "Steinitz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 h6 9. Nh3 Bd6 10. d3 O-O 11. Nd2 c5 12. O-O Bc7 13. Kh1 Rb8 14. Bf3 Qd6 15.
Ne4 Nxe4 16. dxe4 Qf6 17. Bg4 Ba6 18. Re1 Nc6 19. Qf3 Qe7 20. c3 Rfd8 21. Qg3
Qf6 22. Ng1 Ba5 23. Nf3 Rd3 24. a3 c4 25. Rf1 Bb6 26. Qh3 Rbd8 27. Be3 Na5 28.
Rae1 Bb7 29. Bf5 Bxe3 30. fxe3 g6 31. Nh4 gxf5 32. Nxf5 Kh7 33. Nxh6 Qxh6 34.
Rxf7+ Kg8 35. Qxh6 Kxf7 36. Rf1+ Ke8 37. Qe6# 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.23"]
[Round "17.4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.
Nbxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Qb3 Na5 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Qb3 Na5 13. Qa4+ Nc6 14. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.23"]
[Round "17.5"]
[White "Gukesh, D"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch with e3"]
[WhiteFideId "46616543"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 cxd4 7. exd4 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Qc7 9. a4 Nd7 10. a5 Be7 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Bd3 Rb8 13. O-O b6 14. a6 Rd8 15.
Re1 Nf8 16. Ne5 Bd7 17. Qh5 Be8 18. Qg4 Ng6 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Re3 Rd5 21. h4 f5
22. Qf3 Bf7 23. g3 g5 24. Rae1 g4 25. Qxd5 exd5 26. Rxe7 Qc6 27. Rxa7 Ra8 28.
Rxa8+ Qxa8 29. Bb5 Kh7 30. Re7 Bg6 31. Bf4 Qd8 32. Rd7 Qe8 33. Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.23"]
[Round "18.1"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8602883"]
[BlackFideId "13413937"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Qd5 7. Qh4 Bf5 8.
Bc4 Qd6 9. c3 e6 10. d4 Be7 11. Qg3 Qxg3 12. hxg3 Nd7 13. a4 a6 14. a5 c5 15. d5
exd5 16. Bxd5 O-O-O 17. Bxf7 Bd3 18. Be3 Rhf8 19. Be6 Rf6 20. Bxd7+ Kxd7 21.
Ne5+ Ke6 22. Nxd3 Rxd3 23. Rxh7 Kf7 24. Ke2 Rd5 25. Rh4 Re6 26. Rf4+ Ke8 27. Rg4
Bg5 28. Raa4 Rde5 29. Kd2 Bxe3+ 30. fxe3 g6 31. e4 g5 32. Ra1 Rf6 33. Ke3 Kf7
34. Rd1 Kg6 35. Rd5 Rfe6 36. Rd8 Kh5 37. Kf3 Rf6+ 38. Rf4 gxf4 39. gxf4 Re7 40.
g4+ Kg6 41. f5+ Kf7 42. g5 Rc6 43. Kf4 Rcc7 44. f6 Red7 45. Rh8 Kg6 46. Rh6+ Kf7
47. Kf5 Kg8 48. g6 c4 49. g7 Rxg7 50. fxg7 Rc5+ 51. e5 Kxg7 52. Rb6 Rxa5 53.
Rxb7+ Kf8 54. Kf6 Kg8 55. e6 Ra1 56. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.23"]
[Round "18.2"]
[White "Gadimbayli, Abdulla"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13404938"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 f5 10. exf6 gxf6 11. Qh5+ Kd8 12. Bd2 Nxf4 13. Qh4 Ng6 14. Qxf6+
Be7 15. Qc3 d5 16. O-O-O Rb8 17. Ng5 Rf8 18. Nxh7 Rf7 19. Bd3 Bb4 20. Bg5+ Ke8
21. Qd4 e5 22. Bxg6 exd4 23. Rhe1+ Bxe1 24. Rxe1+ Kd7 25. Bxf7 Qxh2 26. Nf6+ Kc7
27. Bd2 Kb7 28. Ne8 Bg4 29. Re7+ Kb6 30. a4 a5 31. b4 axb4 32. Bxb4 c5 33. Bd2
Qg1+ 34. Kb2 Qxg2 35. Bf4 d3 36. Bc7+ Kc6+ 37. Bxb8 Qxc2+ 38. Ka3 Qc3+ 39. Ka2
Qd2+ 40. Ka3 Qb4+ 41. Ka2 Qxa4+ 42. Kb2 Qb4+ 43. Ka2 Qxb8 44. Nf6 Bf3 0-1

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.23"]
[Round "18.3"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Gukesh, D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14204118"]
[BlackFideId "46616543"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Be2 Nc8 8. O-O
Be7 9. a4 a5 10. Re1 Ncb6 11. Bd2 Nc4 12. Bc3 O-O 13. Bd3 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Nc1
c5 16. Bxc4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nb6 20. Qe4 Nd5 21. Bd2
Rc8 22. Ne2 Bc5 23. c4 Ne7 24. Rad1 Nf5 25. Be3 Qb6 26. Bxc5 Rxc5 27. Rd2 Qb4
28. Red1 Rxc4 29. Qd3 h6 30. f4 Qc5 31. b3 Rb4 32. Rc2 Qb6 33. Rc3 Kh7 34. Kg2
g6 35. Kg1 Kg7 36. Qf3 Rd8 37. Rxd8 Qxd8 38. Qd3 Qb6 39. Kf1 h5 40. Kg1 Nd4 41.
Nxd4 Rxd4 42. Qe3 Qb4 43. f5 exf5 44. e6 Re4 45. e7 Qxe7 46. Qd2 Re1+ 47. Kh2
Qe5+ 48. Kg2 Qe4+ 49. Rf3 Rb1 50. Qc3+ Kg8 51. Kh2 Qe1 52. Qc8+ Kg7 53. Qc3+
Qxc3 54. Rxc3 h4 55. Kg2 g5 56. Rc5 Kg6 57. Rb5 f6 58. Rxb7 g4 59. Rb5 Rb2 60.
Rxa5 g3 61. Ra8 Rxf2+ 62. Kg1 Rb2 63. Rh8 Kg5 64. Rg8+ Kf4 65. Rc8 Rxb3 66. Rc1
Ra3 67. Kg2 0-1

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.23"]
[Round "18.4"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 e5 9. c3 a5 10. Qc2 Be6 11. Ng5 Bd7 12. b3 h6 13. Ngf3 Be6 14. Ba3 Re8 15.
Nc4 Nd7 16. Ne3 a4 17. Rfd1 axb3 18. axb3 Bf8 19. Bb2 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Nc5 21. Rd1
Qc8 22. Nd5 Bg7 23. Ba3 Nd7 24. b4 b5 25. Bc1 Kh7 26. Be3 Nd8 27. h4 Qb7 28. Ra1
Nc6 29. h5 g5 30. Nd2 Nd4 31. cxd4 exd4 32. e5+ Kh8 33. Nf6 Bxf6 34. Bxb7 1-0

[Event "8th Gashimov Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2022.12.23"]
[Round "18.5"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical, 6...a6"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "2205530"]
[EventDate "2022.12.22"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 Nf6 6. O-O a6 7. Nbd2 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bc5 9. N4b3 Ba7 10. Be2 Nc6 11. Nc4 O-O 12. Bd2 Ne4 13. Be1 Qf6 14. Qc2 Qg6
15. Bd3 f5 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Nd6 e5 18. Nxc8 Raxc8 19. Bc3 Nb4 20. Qe2 Nd3 21.
Nd2 b5 22. a3 a5 23. Bxa5 Rc2 24. Bc3 h5 25. Kh1 Qf5 26. f3 Qg6 27. fxe4 Rxf1+
28. Rxf1 Nxb2 29. Bxb2 Rxb2 30. Qd3 Kh7 31. h3 Qg3 32. Rf3 Qe1+ 33. Nf1 Rf2 34.
Rxf2 Qxf2 35. Kh2 h4 36. Qd1 Kh6 37. Qf3 Qxf3 38. gxf3 Bc5 39. Nd2 Bxa3 40. Nb3
g5 41. Kg2 Kg6 42. Kf2 Kf6 43. Ke2 Bb4 44. Kd3 Ke6 45. Nc1 Kd6 46. Nb3 Bc5 47.
Ke2 Bb6 48. Kd3 Kc6 49. Ke2 Bc7 50. Kd3 Bb8 51. Kc3 Ba7 52. Kd3 Bb6 53. Nd2 Kc5
54. f4 gxf4 55. exf4 exf4 56. Nf3 Bd8 57. Kc3 b4+ 58. Kd3 Kb5 59. e5 Ka4 60. Nd4
b3 61. Kc3 Ba5+ 62. Kb2 Bc7 63. Nxb3 f3 64. Nd2 f2 65. e6 Bd8 66. Kc2 Kb5 67.
Kd3 Kc6 68. Ke4 Kd6 69. Kf3 Kxe6 70. Kxf2 Ke7 1/2-1/2

